Okay, so when we first moved into this house, the faucet was "a little out of date" to say the least. So, I went out, and bought a really nice Delta faucet, installed it myself! HOWEVER!!! When I first started keeping fish, I found out that there was an awesome tool, called a "python" that will change the water for you, and is so easy, and not much work. Needless to say, this "python" or any other products like it, don't fit my faucet. So, here I was with quite a problem!
4 tanks - each one 30 gallons or more! (And goldfish in them, no less!)
So, I finally decided to do something because I am tired of being a slave to my tanks!
Here's a picture of my faucet, and how it connects to the sprayer hose underneath the sink. The whole spigot pulls out to be a sprayer.
You can also make this for a "regular" faucet, just use the fittings that match your sink's faucet.
Sink.jpg
The first step, was finding a fitting to match the threads of my faucet attachment. Then, I attached hose to that part (oh, man, all these technical words are just blowing my mind! is there a way to indicate sarcasm? sorry I can't be more specific!) that's tapered for this size hose. I would have preferred a larger gauge hose, but this is the only type of hardware I could find to match my faucet threads/size.
Then I attached a three way splitter, so I could adjust the water to the correct temperature before sending the water all the way through the hose, and into the tank. The side valve is "open" when I want to test the water temp. There is another valve after this one to stop the flow towards the tank, but that's getting ahead of myself!
One opening has a tapered connection, and the tube is able to just push on. The other connection is just threaded, for a nut to be secured to. We put a cup of hot water in the microwave for 45 seconds, removed it with pot holders (this is very important, even though the water is not visibly boiling, it is just as hot and can burn you.) Then stick the end to be fitted around the threading into the hot water to make it more pliable, and work at putting the tubing around it. I used some clamps on all connections, just to make sure they were secure and wouldn't ever "pop off."
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4 tanks - each one 30 gallons or more! (And goldfish in them, no less!)
So, I finally decided to do something because I am tired of being a slave to my tanks!
Here's a picture of my faucet, and how it connects to the sprayer hose underneath the sink. The whole spigot pulls out to be a sprayer.
You can also make this for a "regular" faucet, just use the fittings that match your sink's faucet.
Sink.jpg
The first step, was finding a fitting to match the threads of my faucet attachment. Then, I attached hose to that part (oh, man, all these technical words are just blowing my mind! is there a way to indicate sarcasm? sorry I can't be more specific!) that's tapered for this size hose. I would have preferred a larger gauge hose, but this is the only type of hardware I could find to match my faucet threads/size.
Then I attached a three way splitter, so I could adjust the water to the correct temperature before sending the water all the way through the hose, and into the tank. The side valve is "open" when I want to test the water temp. There is another valve after this one to stop the flow towards the tank, but that's getting ahead of myself!
One opening has a tapered connection, and the tube is able to just push on. The other connection is just threaded, for a nut to be secured to. We put a cup of hot water in the microwave for 45 seconds, removed it with pot holders (this is very important, even though the water is not visibly boiling, it is just as hot and can burn you.) Then stick the end to be fitted around the threading into the hot water to make it more pliable, and work at putting the tubing around it. I used some clamps on all connections, just to make sure they were secure and wouldn't ever "pop off."
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