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I'm still amazed with the python.
I've been away from the hobby some ten years.
Had a 30 gallon tank and used a bucket for water changes.
Now with a 65 gallon, I would just hate using anything other than the Python!
It works great!
It's a must have!

Cheers

Hi,
My cats are the same way. Between the bubbles or any
junk, they chase it from one end to the other pouncing
on it along the way. I'm glad that the hose is really
thick plastic!

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

so nobody has trouble with the filling of the tank using the python. You just add the declor then begin the filling. I was a little uncertain about the refilling.

Definitely going with the majority on this one! LOVE my python too! ...... Do need to give a note of thanks on the tip about not having to let the water run while using it.... Plan to try that out the next time I change water.... Don't know about the rest of you, but I will be saving quite a bit of money if this works out for me!

To thine own self be true...

what are pythons exactly,ive never seen one in the LFS i go to,can you get them in aussie land,and how much are they,the way you guys all said they were great,i already want one,and i dont even know what it is yet

Hi,
This is a picture of a Python in use:

http://www.petsmart.com/global/include/inc_product_detail_popup.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=845524441776792&FOLDER<>folder_id=2534374302030123&ASSORTMENT<>ast_id=2534374302023693&bmUID=1171259824393

In the picture on the previous page of replies and
a couple of replies above this one you see a picture
of one end of the Python. The other end is a Tee
fitting that the main hose attaches to and the other
end of the Tee attaches to the kitchen sink.

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

HOKESE- To put it in plain english, a python is like the siphon that you use to clean your tank out with. But instead of letting the old water run into a bucket, it has a long hose attached to it & empties into your sink. Then when you're done cleaning, you flip a switch & the water from your kitchen faucet goes through the same hose & fills your tank back up. An attachment is connected to your water faucet during this process. The switch, one way, lets the water coming from your tank go through your attachment & then down through the attachment, emptying into your sink. You do the switch again & it lets the water coming from your faucet flow through the attachment into the same hose & into your tank.

There is another switch involved, but no need to go into it now. There is instructions that come with it & pictures. So you can see why this way is easy. No buckets involved, just your tank, the python, & a sink.

Hope I didn't confuse you more with my explanation!

Here is another page for the python. http://www.pythonproducts.com/nospill.htm

I don't know if they sell it there. You can check on the web to see what you can find. This site I'm giving you has a fax no. if all else fails.

THEY ARE AWSUME,I WANT 1 THATS IT,so how much did it cost you.no more carriyng water must be better on the old back a?they are such a good idea,ill have to hunt 1 down.

Well, I have had mine a couple weeks now and I love it. However I will warn everyone. It can pull a good suction and one of my Gold Tetra's got to close and got sucked up the siphon. I tried to get it out by slowly reversing the flow but it hit the valve on the way out and died. So now when I am draining the tanks I put a net over the siphon to prevent the accidental fish intake.

Rick
See all my pictures at Google Web Albums

HOKESE- They come in different lengths & you pay more for the longer ones. I believe mine was the shorter one & cost around $30 at our local dept. store called wal-mart.

If you like fiddling with stuff you could make your own from a waterbed kit. I have the site for doing that earlier in this same thread.

If you have local dept. stores there, I would call them first & if they don't have it, I would call all the LFS.

Yes, it does save the back & arm muscles............ but maybe we need that exercise anyway? We ARE getting to be a lazy people.......... inventing things to do our work for us.

Then what do we do............... we go out & join a gym!

But................ I still love my python.

MtbGirl- I didn't know pythons existed either till I got to exploring past threads on this site & saw them talking about it.

It really is a great invention for larger tanks, but if all you have is a 7 gal. tank, I don't know if it would be worth your effort to use a python to just remove a couple gallons of water? But if you still want one, then hey, go for it. You can read about it on the internet first if you want to.

Yes, I hear ya... we're thinking of upgrading our tank, since we'll have more room when we move this summer we can put the fish in something bigger that will suit them better. We're thinking of keeping the 7-gallon for a few African dwarf frogs, which my son loves.

We saw a bigger tank a few weeks ago, just browsing, I think it was 36 gallons? If we buy that we will definitely get the Python system.

Our tank: 45 gallons
7x Cardinal Tetras 7x Black Neon Tetras
7x Glowlight Tetras 2x Ottos 2x Ghost Shrimp 3x Spotted Corys 3x Panda Corys

Sounds like a good plan all the way around.

Somebody's going to be having fun this summer!

ok cool thanx for all the info,and my girl friend is guna buy me one,just so i stop spilling water when im carrying throo the houseand yes we are geting lazy,by getting these things to do our work for us,but hey if it makes it easyer,then im all for it.thanx again guys ill let you know when i get 1.

I saw one at the store here in costa rica, it was the 25 foot one and it cost about 80 bucks

i guess ill continue Bucketing it (and i have 6 tanks)

El Tiburon Tailandes, can't you just order one online where it's a lot cheaper?

yes great idea,thats where ive been looking to buy 1,as soon as i get a filter layby out the way im investing in 1 FOR SURE,