Problems with aqueon water change hose

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A few months ago, I bought the 50' aqueon water change hose for my 6 aquariums. I finally got around to setting it up, but keep running into major problems with the stupid thing.

The only faucet it works with is in my garage, so I would still have to carry the buckets out. I bought an extension hose, but can't get the siphon to work at all if the extension hose is attached. I had the water running full force and still didn't get a drop out of my tanks.

So I disconnected the extension hose, and bought one of those flat things on wheels (can't remember what they're called..sorry) to wheel the buckets outside. But I'm still having problems with siphoning water out of my tanks. For every gallon that comes out of my tank, im wasting nearly 20 gallons of water.
I tried the hose in every tank, all but one are on a waist level or higher stand, and had the same result.

So far, I've wasted $120 on a ****ty hose that requires way more effort and waste than just filling up buckets manually and carrying them outside.

Has anyone else had the same experience? What can I do to get the damn thing to work?
 
Mine works great, im curious you say you have the faucet on full blast when your trying to do it? you put the siohon in the tank (push it in deeper if need be) and suck on the small end that you attach to the sink (before attaching) once you suck the water over the "hump" of the hose that is going into your tank the siphon has started, attach the end your holding to the faucet and let the water run out of the tank do not turn the faucet on until your ready to refil! Also make sure that the valve that lets water drain is open. It sounds like it is an operator error here as all the tanks are a appropriate height above.

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The hose is meant to "self start " siphoning via the suction created from the downward flow of water. There's the switch on the faucet attachment that is meant to allow water to flow out of the faucet, bypassing the hose, and in turn creating negative pressure within the hose to begin suction.

I am able to get a minimal flow coming out of my tanks, but still nowhere near enough to make it worth using. I have googled the problem to see if I was causing the issue, and spent a couple hours trying other ways of getting the hose to work, with no luck.

The switches are in the correct position and the faucet has plenty of water pressure. the hose works flawlessly when I'm refilling, but that's not worth keeping it.
 
is your tap/faucet lower or higher than your tank?

my DIY python is also slow but that's because the tank and the tap are at similar heights
 
You should be able to pick up an adapter at a hardware store.
 
I just use the hose by it's self to drain and vac when it's warm out side I run the house out the front door when it's cold I run it to the bath tub I only hook it to the faucet to fill
 
I googled this and found that it's a common problem. You aren't getting a full siphon, so it's much slower. Besides that, you're flushing clean water down the drain.
 
i use that but i finds its slow so i attach.a powerhead to shoot the water threw the hose. beats gravity anyday

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I may just go the route of trying to siphon with the hose going to a bucket in the garage for now. Unfortunately, the only other faucets in the house are on the second level. I doubt it would be much use trying to get the hose to work against gravity.

Fishstick- I like the powerhead idea. How exactly does it work?

Thanks for all the replies. :)
 
put hose on power head then wait :) hahaha works like any pump drains the tank then just use the hose to just refill ill take pics next water change i do to Explain better

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