Easy siphon?

[ricoishere]

Anyone ever see this?

http://www.jehmco.com/html/safety_sipho ... drain.html

[Ltrepeter2000]

Only problem I see with the design is they demonstrate the siphon with the pump at an angle to do a lower than level water change, what prevents the weight of the pump from moving the PVC joint all the way to the bottom of the tank ala gravity since that joint appears to be adjustable since they talk about it in the sense that you can walk away and not worry about losing too much water.

I guess you can determine the level that works best for you once you buy it and then epoxy it at that angle or cut the up tube in the tank but you have to hope that that angle works well for all your tanks or that you can cut the tube short enough to get the water out that you want out without getting too low.

[ricoishere]

I was wondering the same thing. I never made something like this because it just siphons water, but it won't allow users to move foliage to remove detritus. I guess it can be done with ones' hand. Well I have a few pumps, so I will try doing something like this. I havePVC from other projects so the materiels are at hand. This should be fun.

[mab]

This is the way I do all water changes - pump to the sump and then fill using a hose connected to the micron/charcoal filters and autodoser. I run two siphon pumps at a time to speed things up in the fishroom.

I have to do an occasional hand siphon - however, that is rare.

Michael

[DelawareJim]

Looks like a future DIY workshop at a future meeting.

Cheers.
Jim

[ricoishere]

Looks like a future DIY workshop at a future meeting.

Cheers.
Jim

Hey, I'm all about that! Hands on is the way to go. With all of the experience I've seen here, a group can come out of a meeting with a real nice apparatus able to make many tasks easier. Let's see, I have about 20' of clear 1" PVC, PVC adhesive, a few elbows, several powerheads, and who knows what else. SOmething to plan for inthe future I guiess. Right now, I'm working on using an old Magnum 300 as a powered gravel vac. The Python wastes too much water. So, I'm attaching the gravel part of the Python to the inflow, and the distal end to the outflow of the Magnum. When time to filling up comes, just adjust the attachment on the connector. I might add a bulb to the vacuum piece to facilitate priming. This week I'm out of town, so it'll be my project when I get back. BTW, I'm in Scottsdale AZ. I might try to go to AZ gardens out here, theyre only about 20 min away.

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

I use a pool hose ( like this http://hanmihose.com/product/central_img_06.gif)
to drain the tank into a tub. Takes me about a minute to drain the 90P down to 20%.
I stir all the junk into the water column, then a quick drain gets most of it out of the tank.

[chris_todd]

Anyone ever see this?

http://www.jehmco.com/html/safety_sipho ... drain.html

when I was trying to figure out how to simplify water changes on my 90 and 75 in my family room I looked at that but went more diy. Essentially, I installed permanent Pythons. I only have to run the water to start the siphon because the laundry room sink is lower than the hose inlet. Slow but it works. And because the hose inlet is at a fixed height I can forget about it without consequences - I'll just get a 50% water change. I just have to remember to turn off the heater and filters. Then drop in prime and refill. I'd love to make it more automated and with some kind of safety to prevent overflows when refilling and to turn the heater and filter back on when finished refilling but it works well enough and sometimes simpler is more reliable.

You can see the system in person in July when we host the GWAPA meeting, or feel free to give me a call to arrange a time for a visit.

[chris_todd]

Anyone ever see this?

http://www.jehmco.com/html/safety_sipho ... drain.html

For my kitchen tanks, though, I use a regular python to the kitchen sink.

[ricoishere]

Anyone ever see this?

http://www.jehmco.com/html/safety_sipho ... drain.html

You can see the system in person in July when we host the GWAPA meeting, or feel free to give me a call to arrange a time for a visit.

Hey, that sounds good. I'll contact you and maybe we can meet. thanks!