Can i get a peice of tubing and suck the water until I feel it in my mouth then place the tubing into a bucket. Will the water keep coming out of the tubing then? If it will how does it do that?
2006-08-03 05:19:15 · 13 answers · asked by fluff_ball 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
The water will continue to siphon into the bucket. I use a siphon called the Python. It attaches to your sink faucet. You turn on the cold water and it automatically starts the siphon. Much easier and you don't get any water in your mouth. Plus, the dirty water goes straight down the drain.
2006-08-03 05:25:11 · answer #1 · answered by DIRT MCGIRT 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a 55 gal tank as well as a 10 gal tank. When we clean them both we use a hose. Start the hose to empty, by sucking on it gently.. till it beings to run.. be careful to not do it too hard or you will be tasteing fish water.. ick.Empty into buckets, and then I like to empty the buckets into my garden. There is also tubes with cleaning properties available at the pet store. They also start the same way.
How does it do this?
Its the a gravity thing. Keeping the tube, lower than the tank/level of the water, with the flow started, will actually keeping emptying. Much like siphoning gas from a car.
Hope this helps
2006-08-03 05:27:33 · answer #2 · answered by SherryAnn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's exactly how you do it, except you might want to watch for the water in the tube when it gets close to your mouth and take tube out before it reaches there. Fish water tastes very yucky - I accidently got some in my mouth while cleaning tank once :(. Yes, the water will keep coming out until the end in the tank is no longer under water. I can't explain it, it just works. Pet stores usually sell the tubing made specifically for cleaning tanks. Just remember to never take out more than one third of your water. Fish don't do well with water changes unless it's gradually done. So you should do it once every 1 or 2 weeks.
2006-08-03 14:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by Miss Annie Fanny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just put the tubing into the water, then suck from one end until water starts coming out of the end of the tube. The water should then keep flowing out of the tube, sucking out all of the water from the fish tank. I'm not sure how it works, but i've done it with gas before, and it does work.
2006-08-03 05:24:17 · answer #4 · answered by Samantha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I did it for a friend with a regular piece of tubing but most pet stores have a tubing that has a big piece at the end which helps suck the water down faster...the water might stop a few times especially towards the end but you just have to keep doing it and itll get it all or at least the majority of the water out. Good luck and try not to get the nasty water in your mouth...lol...
2006-08-03 05:24:28 · answer #5 · answered by serenity113001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No need to suck with your mouth. You could catch something very nasty (ever heard of bilharzia?)
The siphon will work just as well if you put the whole pipe into the water and let the air bubble out, then put a finger or hand over the end that the water will be coming out of, while you draw the pipe out. As soon as the end is lower than the level of the water in the tank you can remove your hand/finger and atmospheric pressure alone will start the flow.
2006-08-03 05:37:00 · answer #6 · answered by kittybriton 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Siphons work by the force of gravity. As long as the bucket is placed lower than the fish tank it will work. The water will run itself out of the tank. I have a large turtle tank and siphoning is the only way I can empty and clean it.
2006-08-03 05:23:32 · answer #7 · answered by onanist13 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can Put the complete Length of hose in the tank water and fill it with water. Put your thumb over one end making it air tight lift this end out of the water making sure that the other end remains in the water (weigh it down with a rock. lower the end of the hose outside the tank below the level of water and remove your thumb the water will begin to siphon and will not stop till the tank is empty or the water level in the tank equals to the end of the outside hose. Air pressure on the surface water of the tank pushes the water in the hose. if the hose if lifted above the water level in the tank the hose will stop draining. pressure will equal pressure from surface. if you lift the hose to high the water will drain back into the tank. this method is better than sucking on the hose who wants a mouth full of dirty water?
2006-08-03 16:39:07 · answer #8 · answered by Stan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't suck the water out with your mouth!
lol! there is an easier and better way!
Place the end of the water hose in the fish tank, anchor it somehow with a book (placed kitty corner) at the corner of the tank on top of the hose.
This will keep it from slipping out once you turn the water on.
go turn the water on until the water is running out of the hose into the fish tank, turn the water off and unscrew the hose, you will see the water trickling out of the hose.
2006-08-03 05:28:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good, kittybriton. Well explained.
The python is actually the easiest way to get it started and if the tank is higher than the sink, you don't need to keep the water running to remove the tank water. Then you just switch the valve and open the faucet to put the water back in. Be sure it is the same temperature, though. If it is very cold it could crack the glass in the tank and if it is very hot, it could kill your fish.
2006-08-03 08:56:39 · answer #10 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋