Keeping your hose clean.

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Lol this is not rocket science.

Python is attached to sink faucet and siphon head in tank.

Turn on faucet, siphon starts vacuuming water. Voila water draining from tank.

Reverse the knob at the bottom of the "Python No-Spill" that's attached to faucet and voila water now reversing and pouring into aquarium. (check temperature before doing so).

The idea of the Python is to avoid buckets or spillage associated with them.
 
screaminleeman;4672666; said:
It is running $0.31 per foot at Lowes for the standard python hose diameter.

While siphoning water from a fishtank should not require "clean" tubing, siphoning fermented beer from a vat into bottles does. Oxi-wash is used in the food industry for quick cleaning/ sterilization purposes. Bleach can also be used.

At best two to three batches of beer before hose replacement is NECESSARY!

I personally would be a million times more leary of sticking a "steralized" hose into my fishtank(s) to siphon water OUT then an absolute filthy one.
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Sorry, don't misunderstand me. I didn't mean a clean hose is a requirement, just a preference. In no way would I ever use any cleaning agent with any of my fish maintenance products. I'd take the algae filled tube over the pristine/bleached tubing any day. Risking a contamination is not worth it.

I was just wondering if anyone, or if there's anything people do to keep their hose equipment in top condition.
 
If you really want it dried out when your finished, take a wet/dry vac to it to pull any remaining water droplets out of it. should only take a couple minutes.
 
I use 2 hoses. The first one I Vacuum the tank and it goes into a floor drain. The second hose runs from my new water holding tank hooked to a pump to refill tank. I like to condition my water for a couple days before putting in the tank.
 
I prefer a clean looking hose myself. I do not mind seeing algae in the tube, but I have seen mold before and that scares me a bit. Most plumbing supply stores sell pipe cleaners in different lengths and diameters up to 8". It's almost like a snake for unclogging a toilet but with plastic bristles. If you cannot find one long enough for your python, just send a larger pipe cleaner or wet rag through the pipe attached to some line.
 
I run a little bit of bleach and hot water through my python cleans it up just like new. Then I rinse it for 5 full minutes with hot water and hang it back up. I do this once every 6 months or so. I also wash my filter socks from my sump in my washing machine with some bleach. As long as it is rinsed really well you shouldn't have any problems. I never have.....
 
I don't have a python but this is what I do to clean the gunk off of the polisher in my magnum canister. If I were you, I would just curl your tubing in a bucket with hot water and some bleach. Make sure the bleach and water get in the tubing. Wait overnight, pour out the water, rinse out and add water and water conditioner. Bleach is chlorine so the water conditioner will get rid of it. Just make sure you use enough conditioner. Hope this isn't too much of a job to clean it. Otherwise, like someone else said, just buy more tubing. The Doctor
 
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