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Post by oblivion on Feb 18, 2018 23:15:33 GMT -5
Hey all, just wondering opinions on which water changer to get and what kind of prices I should be looking to spend. I've done my own research on this a bit but I need some outside opinions. Thanks
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Post by defiantk on Feb 18, 2018 23:35:11 GMT -5
I have the python 50ft and love it, Very convenient but I never bought as it came with a tank I got at a yard sale. Price seems steep for what it is.
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Post by oblivion on Feb 19, 2018 7:22:23 GMT -5
Yeah I've heard it works great, but the price is what's got me right now. It like 80 bucks plus I would want the attachment to be able to hang it on the tank which is another 20 bucks
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Post by defiantk on Feb 19, 2018 14:24:42 GMT -5
Yikes, I knew it was expensive but didnt realize it was that high now. Its alot of plastic. Makes me glad I got it with the tank at a yardsale now.
I imagine you could diy it with a barbed facet spigot adapter, some hose clamps and a length of hose if your handy. The hose would be the bit that makes it not worth it though as i believe its over a $1 a foot.
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Post by Andre on Feb 21, 2018 7:57:22 GMT -5
You can definitely do it much cheaper if you are willing to do a little DIY.
Here's a video
And if you want to make a hang on tank attachment
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Post by Xander on Feb 24, 2018 5:51:11 GMT -5
I adore my 50ft python, but I also just sort of came in to it when buying a tank off someone else.
I will say there's a tank size limit where I will and won't use it though - it's just much too large and drains far too quickly for me to get a proper cleanup on the substrate of my 20g and 33g, so I continue to use buckets and smaller tubing for those two. For my 40 breeder and anything larger, however, the python is a godsend.
And hooking it up to the utility sink in the basement is a great way for gravity to make quick work of it. I find that syphoning to a sink on the same level as the tanks makes for very slow drainage. if that wasn't available to me, I'd simply run the thing out the front door and down the porch into the garden. More gravity!
No help for basement level tanks, though... lol.
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Post by zenins on Mar 2, 2018 16:31:56 GMT -5
No help for basement level tanks, though... lol. You should have a drain in the basement floor for the tanks in the basement ? |
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Post by Xander on Mar 2, 2018 20:46:02 GMT -5
You should have a drain in the basement floor for the tanks in the basement ? Others might, but mine is currently attached to a potentially collapsed pipe and to likes to occasionally throw water up into my basement instead of out, lol~ |
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Post by zenins on Mar 16, 2018 13:41:03 GMT -5
You should have a drain in the basement floor for the tanks in the basement ? Others might, but mine is currently attached to a potentially collapsed pipe and to likes to occasionally throw water up into my basement instead of out, lol~ Yeah, the floor drain in my laundry room would back up once in a while as well. I would get it draining again with a plumbing snake and all would be good for a few months, sometimes a year. A few years ago, it backed up several times in two months, so I called a technician to put a camera snake in there to find out what is going on. It turned out that tree roots had invaded the pipe just beyond the house ! I had a contractor dig up my front yard to fix it after I removed the front porch deck. Turned out that there were two 45 degree bends in the pipe, the first one did not have an elbow joining the two pipes, just one pipe shoved one inside the other at an angle  The second bend had an elbow but no glue, so it slipped off. Considering the house was built in 1981, way before I moved in, it took a while for tree roots to make their way down and cause me grief  Since the repair, the drain has worked well ... no issues  Well worth the cost to determine the cause of the problem and then fix it  |
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Post by phish on Mar 16, 2018 20:41:38 GMT -5
Changing the water in my tanks using the old fashioned bucket transport method is the only exercise I get in the winter, hahahaha.
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Post by Xander on Mar 17, 2018 14:04:08 GMT -5
Yeah, the floor drain in my laundry room would back up once in a while as well. I would get it draining again with a plumbing snake and all would be good for a few months, sometimes a year. A few years ago, it backed up several times in two months, so I called a technician to put a camera snake in there to find out what is going on. It turned out that tree roots had invaded the pipe just beyond the house ! I had a contractor dig up my front yard to fix it after I removed the front porch deck. Turned out that there were two 45 degree bends in the pipe, the first one did not have an elbow joining the two pipes, just one pipe shoved one inside the other at an angle The second bend had an elbow but no glue, so it slipped off. Considering the house was built in 1981, way before I moved in, it took a while for tree roots to make their way down and cause me grief Since the repair, the drain has worked well ... no issues Well worth the cost to determine the cause of the problem and then fix it Similar story here - I had a backup mid-January, and then a second larger backup during the huge thaw and downpours in February. As of Thursday, it is fixed. Had to wait a couple months for the weather to break, and because every plumber in the city is just that backed up... But they finally got to it a couple days ago. Tree roots are almost always the suspect, especially where Norwegian Maple trees are involved (suuuuuper invasive). I've just discovered that my drain lays under my driveway, well away from any trees, so I'm good there... Yikes, that sounds like some seriously slipshod pipework that was lain at your place!! We originally thought it was a collapsed pipe based on a couple attempts to eel it, both times coming to a blockage that the eel could not pass. When the eels came back out, pure black filth-water came out with them. We had a camera in, but based on the water in the pipe we couldn't see a damn thing. So my only real choice was to get a sewer line replacement and hope we could find the issue. Turned out to be a sanitary building trap (wartime house, not unusual) located somewhere below my porch that the eels couldn't pass, and it was in seriously rough shape. The Drainage Co. doing my replacement had to bust the eel through and basically drag a monstrous chain through the pipes to rip everything right out of there... and on top of that, my pipe leaves the house ESE, and then takes a 45 degree shot ENE to the main line. They said it was one of their more difficult jobs, but they still managed to take care of it in a day and leave me with a fancy new sump pump, backwater valve, floor drain, properly connected weeping tile, and 2 cleanouts that I can actually access now. Hooray! |
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Post by zenins on Mar 28, 2018 13:42:33 GMT -5
Yay ... It always feels good to get a persistent problem fixed |
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