danilada Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Does this thing really work? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 299183.htm Has any-one else tried it before? Is it easy to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I don't use one, but apparently they do work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Cool, I ask because where the tanks are and the nearest tap it is quite a distance and carrying buckets gets hard, mostly when doing 30% on the largest tank. Any one else had good experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I have seen one work i.e. I was actually there, they do work well, but you need a length of hose to the nearest tap / hose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I have seen one work i.e. I was actually there, they do work well, but you need a length of hose to the nearest tap / hose I was thinking of going to Bunnings etc, and buying a new hose also (ours has holes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Just stick the hose out the window onto the lawn/garden and use a tap with a hose to fill the tank. No point sticking the water down the drain. More environmentally to put in it the garden isnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Just stick the hose out the window onto the lawn/garden and use a tap with a hose to fill the tank. No point sticking the water down the drain. More environmentally to put in it the garden isnt it? And seems to make ferns and pungas etc grow like crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Its only concrete around though, no gardens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camnbron Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Just stick the hose out the window onto the lawn/garden and use a tap with a hose to fill the tank. No point sticking the water down the drain. More environmentally to put in it the garden isnt it? Thats what I used to do when I had my 240L freshwater tank. Good old garden hose out onto the grass. Then Garden hose back into the tank. Just have a nozzle so you can turn it off and on when putting water back in. Alternately, if you have a water container and a spare pump you can do the same thing, just make sure you can turn on/off the pump at the fish tank. Makes it heaps less of a drama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I have one of those things except mine is a pretty blue, not that bright green :lol: How well they work depends on how far away from the tank your tap is, how high the tank is compared to the tap, and how good your water pressure is. I do not use it to do water changes as I can't get enough flow to suck up the crud. I can use it to refill the tank but it is very slow as I have a very long distance for the hose to go, very little height difference between tap and tank, and low water pressure. Biggest problem is forgetting it is filling (takes up to 30 minutes to refill 60L) so I prefer to use buckets rather than look up from my book to see water flowing over the top of the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 And seems to make ferns and pungas etc grow like crazy! Yeh i have a random door in my room opening into a fern garden :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 I had one but it had a problem with the fine thread getting stripped, but I understand that a metal adapter is also available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Yeah I was thinking of that, probably best to get the metal adapter also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Danilada, maybe you can buy a cheap plastic rubbish bin or something to catch the water that you send out the window.. then use it to water stuff in the garden later.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Yeh i have a random door in my room opening into a fern garden :roll: I run a hose out a window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia-15 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 i also run a hose out the window... i live on the 3rd floor in an apartment building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 i also run a hose out the window... i live on the 3rd floor in an apartment building hehe ok, do you guys siphon a actual *4 meter* lenth hose etc though. My hose is 4 meters, how would I siphon that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 i also run a hose out the window... i live on the 3rd floor in an apartment building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 hehe ok, do you guys siphon a actual *4 meter* lenth hose etc though. My hose is 4 meters, how would I siphon that. Exactly the same way you normally would, it just takes longer to get to the other end of the hose We siphon out the window onto the lawn to, if you dont have a "shake and start" type siphon then you'd need to be sucking on the other end and hope like hell you dont get a mouth full of water!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Exactly the same way you normally would, it just takes longer to get to the other end of the hose We siphon out the window onto the lawn to, if you dont have a "shake and start" type siphon then you'd need to be sucking on the other end and hope like hell you dont get a mouth full of water!!! Thats what I thought, thats the reason I like see-through hoses. Can you buy see thorugh hosing in big lenths? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 My hose is 9.5m and, as I said, it siphons too slowly over that length to have enough oomph to clean as it siphons. It is made up of 2 hose lengths, one short, with a tap between the 2 so I have to turn the tap closed then fill the short hose at the siphon end then drop the siphon underwater, then turn the tap open. This starts it siphoning. Too long to suck!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Too long to suck!! :lol: :lol: The hose has to travel from the top of my tank, around 5.5ft high, straight across the floor then about 3 meters outside onto concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 I can run the hose in to the tank (if I get a new hose) its just the siphoning in to buckets thats hard, because of were the drain is out-side I have to walk down a bank type thing, its hard to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Here you go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 So I guess instead of getting a little gadget a long hose should probably do the trick, I never have problems with the speed of the tanks emptying, which is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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