PYTHON No Spill Water Changer, 7.5 m ( Brass Adaptor Not included )

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There are many accessories available to enhance your water changer, from gravel tubes that measure a whopping 72 inches to a hook that allows you to use both hands while refilling your tank. If you’re like me, you understand how important weekly water changes are for the overall health of your aquarium. Unfortunately, this meant that we had to spend a long time cleaning the Hydromaxx to ensure that every last bit of dust was gone before using it. I even went to Graham's plumbers merchants in Enfield (along with three others) and no one has the part to fit my kitchen tap.

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Just be aware that you might need to purchase an additional faucet adapter or two before you can use your new water changer.This attachment, which clips on the end of the gravel tube, prevented curious fish and shrimp from getting sucked up. We are a family friendly community with an incredible resource of information for fish owners and enthusiast alike. During testing, one of the gravel tube brackets snapped when we tried to remove the suction cup from the glass of our tank. I decided to use 1/2″ pipe as it seems this will be plenty of flow for our little aquarium and should work fine even on a larger tank. Ordinarily when we pick which products to test, we have to choose from dozens or, in the case of our aquarium thermometer review, hundreds.

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You know the routine…Every week filling up large buckets of tank water, trying to carry them through the house, all the while spilling the dirty water all over your floor.brands, products in thousands of categories from hundreds of retailers to give you reliable purchasing advice. A water changer is a device that is designed to make routine water changes and tank maintenance an easy task for those with large aquariums. It didn’t really cost that much – not twice as much as the plastic versions, so I think it well worth it. The first was simply a ‘wand’ that is comprised of the hose adaptor, some PVC pipe and one 45º fitting.

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The UK version comes with an equivalent plastic adaptor which fits standard 3/4 inch (19mm) threads found on most UK outdoor taps, as well as a rubber universal adaptor.Lastly, it has a switch located near the gravel tube which you can turn to quickly stop the siphon, in the event of any unexpected events that sometimes occur — ever sucked up one of your buddies? It’s because they only make male and female pipe fitting ends in a very few standard sizes, and 5/8″ is not one of them. I remember using buckets method before I got the python hose, took me a minimum of at least 2 hours to do all and that’s if everything went smoothly!

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Then you just pull the bottom of the ‘pump’ down and turn so it is in siphon mode, and turn the water on. I love it because I don’t have to tear my tank down, no spills, no mess, and no more buckets and I can drain, re-fill and clean my gravel all at the same time. The fill up was much much faster, cleaner, easier than buckets and saved a good chunk of time so overall it had me not completed feeling like i'd wasted - but certainly thinking thats a very expensive hosepipe to use from a tap.Fits for most faucets: build-in 3 size adapters that can fits female 15/16-27 thread, 13/16-27 thread or a male 55/64-27 thread, constructed with on/off valve, the valve on the faucet pump can be control water flow direction. The first time I read about a Python water changer, I knew it was what I wanted to use for my new aquarium’s maintenance.