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DIY Aquarium siphon vid


Chuckmeister

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Was contemplating a water change today and thought I'd make a quick video of the siphon I use to change my water. Most of you long timers know about these or varients of them but thought it would be handy for new people as it makes a huge difference to how easy water changes can be, especially if you have more than one tank.

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nice video ive set up hose attachment direct to gravel cleaner to water the garden

you may want to add a dual check valve to the tap or water source to keep your local water provider happy and to stop fish water entering there system.

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Nice vid, Chuckmeister. My weekly maintenance routine became 10x easier when I went from buckets to water changer and I've only a 3" tank.

Living in a unit I don't have the luxury of being able to leave hoses about so I put together a more compact version of the above.

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The heart of this is the Aqueon control valve (on the right) that connects to a tap and allows me to either prime the siphon (lever in vertical position and tap open drains water out the bottom and air/water is sucked from the tube facing left) or fill the tank up (lever horizontal, tap water goes out the left into tank). I also use the hose as a gravel vac while I am draining.

At the end of the day this gets rolled up and stored in the cabinet under the tank. Here it is in action earlier today.

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If any bucket fans are reading this I hope they get some inspiration from our setups to move on to hoses. ;)

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