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I was just wondering if anyone can suggest a replacement for Python for water changes. No, don't want to go back to hauling buckets back and forth! I was thinking maybe getting a pump and use it to suck the water out of the tank and just use the pyhton to fill it back up.

"Why?" I hear you ask. Well, we will be moving in over a month's time(hopefully) and I'm worried that the water is metered where we're going so using a python to get water out might not be an economical way of doing it (not to mention being expensive). I've been told to use a drill pump and have seen a few online but not sure how this works. DO you have to have a strong drill? I guess you have to hold the drill while it's sucking up the water. See, we only have a cordless one which is powered by a battery and I don't think it's that strong - seeing that I have 6 tanks of varying sizes to look after.

Are there any other types of pump I can use as well? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!

[span class="edited"][Edited by Fallout 2004-09-07 06:29][/span]

what i used to do when i had my fish room was i kept a extra 55gallon tank nd used a pool cover pump or i belive it is call a sump i still have the pump its called Little Giant, Water Wizard. It is small enough so it will fit in 5 gallon bucket. i not sure how much water you be changeing but anything that you hold water with will work to dump the water in. the pump ataches to a garden hose and plugs into a regular outlet. Most swimming pool stores sould have them.
hope this helps if you more info on how i used it just pm me good luck.