make your own python

[convicts]

how do i make my own pythons what do i need and how do i do it

[Glaive]

Here's a link to a diy python on the other forum.

diy python (http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_python.php)

Just so you know it is the first link if you google diy python.

[convicts]

i have a new house and i cant have a garden hoose running through it is there anything else i could use to clean the gravel like something that you could put under the gravel liiiike battery powered. its cause water damage is the worse damage that a house can get. leaks and any water damage i cant risk it

[Glaive]

then pay out for an actual python, they come in 25 and 50 foot varieties.

I can assure you if you are careful less water will be spilled by a python than the bucket brigade.

I just used one with no problems for a couple hours straight over my mother's leather couch with no spills.

[crazyfishlady]

I second what Glaive said! Much less mess than buckets!

[Boilermaker]

I third what Glaive says, and I keep a spare piece of carpet I roll out in front of the tanks and towels on top of this for added protection, when I'm pulling rocks and filters I use 5gallon buckets and or tubs.

[RustyNut]

I just use a waterbed filler (looks like a python end) and regular old gravel siphon and connect the two with a 1/2" hose.... Cost $9 since I had the hose already...

I make a bigger mess re-arranging the tank than I do with Water Changes!

[Glaive]

That's what I would do in the future myself.

[RustyNut]

I just saw a cheap knock off of a Python at the local wal*mart.... Lee's brand or something like that... $24 for the 25ft version...

[Jeto]

pythons are not available here.

I could get my hands on one this weekend if he agrees to sell it since he's not using it. Was sent to him.

Anyway, my question is with regards to the faucet. Any particular position/placement of the faucet? Should it be above or below the tank or what. Really very sorry if I do sound ignorant. :( :(

I'm still using a long hose and a siphon to change my water. :oops:

[Glaive]

I still use an old siphon on my personal tank due to the window right next to it... The flowers looker nicer there than any where else in the yard ;).

The python uses the flow of the tap to create a draw, as with a regular siphon the lower the draining end the faster the flow. In the case of a python you need not worry too much because gravities effect is felt less.

[Jeto]

thanks glaive.