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	Tricks to start siphon with a small-bore tubing
RickyM Enthusiast Posts: 175 Kudos: 101 Votes: 62 Registered: 12-Oct-2006	Edited by RickyM Hi there, I finally decided to hatch a batch of angelfish eggs in a separated tank. There are about 200 to 300 wigglers in the 3rd day of hatching. But I also started to spot a few dead frys. I wanted to do a bit of clean up by siphoning with a small bore tubing (the airpump tubing). But to fill a fine tubing like this with water is not easy. Is there any tricks to get this started.. other than sucking on it
Posted 15-Mar-2007 21:28
GobyFan2007 Fish Addict Posts: 615 Kudos: 363 Votes: 65 Registered: 03-Feb-2007	Well, you could get a gravelvac lift, and just shake it up and down vertically to get the pump started. Try it! ><> ~=!Vote Today!=~ <>< -----> View My Dragons <-----
Posted 15-Mar-2007 21:46
RickyM Enthusiast Posts: 175 Kudos: 101 Votes: 62 Registered: 12-Oct-2006	Thanks for your reply GobyFan. There're two problems though... First, I don't think there's a gravelvac lift that could be fitted with an airpump tubing. Also, I didn't mention that the frys were already dropped from their spawning slate. Most of them are now in the bottom of the tank, or on the sponge filter. I don't want to shake the gravelvac lift to create an angelfish fry soup Any other ideas?
Posted 15-Mar-2007 23:07
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Roll up the tubing, then place all of it below the water line in the tank. You may have to rotate it a bit to get it full of water. After doing this, hold your finger over one end of the tubing and then take it from the tank and once over the bucket or whatever you're using to catch the water then release your finger and the flow should start. Or again, just suck on the tube. I don't know how many mouthfuls of water I've gotten over the years Jim Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 15-Mar-2007 23:39
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	Just suck on the tube, thats what I do. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 16-Mar-2007 01:09
RickyM Enthusiast Posts: 175 Kudos: 101 Votes: 62 Registered: 12-Oct-2006	Thanks OldTimer & SV_Sneaky for you replies. I wouldn't mind sucking on clean water..but water with mythylene blue .. Here's what I'll do. Suck on the tube from a bucket of clean water until it is filled. Hold the lower end of the tubing with my finger. Dip the upper end to the hatching tank and start siphoning. Unless someone has a better trick
Posted 16-Mar-2007 03:51
GobyFan2007 Fish Addict Posts: 615 Kudos: 363 Votes: 65 Registered: 03-Feb-2007	Edited by GobyFan2007 The gravel vac idea dosent take much shaking, and you will hear several clicks when it gets started, put the bucket lower than the tank(or have the cord in a drip loop) for easy siphoning. If you do light and soft shakes, nothing will get disturbed. Just do them slowly. ><> ~=!Vote Today!=~ <>< -----> View My Dragons <-----
Posted 16-Mar-2007 04:34
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	You're idea should work just fine, RickyM. By the way, what are you going to do with all those baby angels and what color pattern are they? Jim Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 16-Mar-2007 05:08
RickyM Enthusiast Posts: 175 Kudos: 101 Votes: 62 Registered: 12-Oct-2006	The parents are Marble colored. I do not have any plans for the babies yet. This is my first attempt to raise some frys. I guess I could sell them to the LFS and give away some to other hobbist I know, if I'm lucky enough to have a considerable number of them raised.. It is Day 4, just checked the tank.. and they all seem to be doing fine. Keeping my fingers crossed..
Posted 16-Mar-2007 13:09


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