I know my python isn't a very efficient method, because it drains so much water straight down the sink. Is there a better way to do it (other than with a hose and buckets?)
Most efficient way to do W/C
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Got me. I have a 300 gallon and I'm still using a python. If I do just a water change with out doing the gravel I use a 2in blue flex tube that I got at Lowes. It was cut to length and sucks a ton of water. I just use the old gravity method to get it going. But to fill the tank back up? back to the python. I can drain 150 gallons out in under ten minutes.
by the python not being efficient you mean the water it wastes? if so you could syhon the water and drain it outside or something. then just fill it up with the sink. thats what i do
HiImSean;2382095; said:
It took me a minute to figure out that's what he meant by not efficient. I drain mine into the shower...
I personally use one of my FX5's.. Hook a extra hose to the output and turn the canister back on and pumping 900gph out the window..lol
Filling it back up takes me longer though, i have the python hooked to the kitchen sink and then the garden hose from out side filling all at once..
Filling it back up takes me longer though, i have the python hooked to the kitchen sink and then the garden hose from out side filling all at once..
if you are not wanting to waste so much water, you could use Eheim Sludge Extractor
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3728+3895&pcatid=3895
But you still need to do water changes every once in a while
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3728+3895&pcatid=3895
But you still need to do water changes every once in a while
i just use the python to gravel vac, once im done with cleaning the gravel i just siphon the water into my front lawn with a hose. Then i fill the tank back up with the python.
that way i can water the grass instead of draining it.
that way i can water the grass instead of draining it.