let me ask you a question are you still using a python or even worse buckets to do your water
changes no there's a better faster more efficient way and i'm going to show you how let's go
now before i get attacked in the comments let me just say the python is a great tool
for water changes but it's really just not that efficient the way the python works for those of
you that don't know is that you connect one end of it to your sink or your faucet you turn on
the faucet and as the water comes out of your faucet it creates the siphon through the tube
which pulls the water out of your tank and then down through your sink drain now in order for this
to really work well you got to keep your faucet on and running that's a lot of waste of water
going right down the drain sure you could turn off your faucet once the siphon starts but that's just
going to slow down the siphon even more and if you got a big tank that's gonna cause a lot of extra
time when doing your water changes so hopefully i can convince you to get rid of your python
and do it the way that i'm about to show you with a water pump and hose of your choosing it's very
simple to drop a pump into your tank put the other end of the hose out the door out the window down
your sink down a drain and the pump is going to drain your tank way faster than any siphon from a
python is ever going to do for my 210 gallon tank i use the vavyson 2600 gallon per hour water pump
the hose that fits this pump perfectly is a one inch internal diameter hose i'll link both of
these in the description below but this pump can drain this 210 gallon down to 80 percent
in about three to four minutes they think they're gonna get fed but they're wrong excuse me guys
now the main reason why i'm making this video is because i get so many questions about
how i put the water back into my tank because filling your tank with the python is going to
be just as slow what you do with the python is that you lock the nozzle on the faucet so that
instead of water going down your drain is now being pushed through your hose
and into your tank but you're at the mercy at the water pressure of your faucet that can also take a
really long time to fill up your tank so how do i do it guys very simple i put my water pump inside
of a plastic tote which is inside of my bathtub filled with water let me show you exactly what
i mean so i bought this 55-gallon tote from home depot i don't remember how much it cost but it's
not that expensive maybe 20 or 30 bucks and the reason why i use this tote you don't want to put
your water pump straight into your bathtub you don't know what chemicals are in your bathtub
you got your body soaps your shampoos you got the chemicals that you use to clean your bathtub
you never know what kind of residue is left behind on the tub and you don't want to risk
the chance of any of that getting into your tank so instead i put this tote inside the bathtub
i fill it up using the faucet from my bathtub which is going gonna be a lot stronger than the
faucet from my sink and then i drop the water pump inside the tow once the toad is full of water i
plug in the water pump and it shoots all the water right back into my tank this is also a very easy
way of checking the temperature of the water all i do is adjust the hot and cold i put my handheld
thermometer underneath the top to make sure that the water is at the temperature that i want it to
be which in my case is 80 degrees from african cichlids once i've reached that temperature
i'll go ahead and turn the pump on and send the water right to the tank easy peasy as usual guys
when i talk about water changes i have to always mention this in every video make sure that you
dechlorinate your tap water the way i dechlorinate my tap water which is a surprise to some people
is all i do is add my dechlorinator directly into my tank just before adding in the new water the
dechlorinator is very safe for the fish it's also going to dechlorinate the tap water immediately
as soon as it starts filling up in the tank so there's no issues with that at all now you don't
necessarily need this 2600 gallon power pump this is a really big really strong pump if you've got
a smaller tank i use a verveisin 800 gallon per hour pump for my 75 gallon tank and that gets
the job done in a good amount of time just as well i'll also link that pump in the description below
all the pumps and hoses that i use as a matter of fact all the products that i use and recommend for
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dechlorinate before adding the tap water i'm gonna go ahead and add it right now i use safe because
i got a really big tank all you need is one quarter teaspoon good for 300 gallons that's it
directly into the tank go ahead ask me who got me these little measuring spoons
then i've got the other end of my hose into the tank and i just got this cool handy-dandy
clip right here that's going to hold the holes to the tank and make sure it doesn't slide out
check out that flow no python connected to the faucet is ever gonna fill up your tank this fast
now of course there's gonna come a point because the pump is so big and strong
it's going to empty out that tote faster than the faucet on the bathtub can fill it
so eventually you start to get water like this
but what i do is i just let it keep on running and filling at that speed there's only so much you
could do about your water pressure coming in now guys i didn't plan this it just worked out that
way but you're starting to see the transition of my lights going into sunset mode enjoy
when it's about halfway full i like to turn my filters back on just to get that water cycling
what you see there is two fx sixes with the valves open about halfway open
that's great flow coming out of the fx60
does seeing some of these fish in my tank make you want to keep african cichlids i know i've
been there too well if you felt like you don't know enough about them to keep them on your own
i've got a great online course called keeping african cichlids where i'll teach you everything
that you need to know about keeping african cichlids make sure you go check out the course
i'll put a link up here and in the description below and if you wanted to watch the whole water
change process then check this video out up here i go through the whole thing vacuuming
my substrate 80 water change it's a great video you're gonna love it or if you're a beginner in
the hobby and you need some beginner information check out this playlist down here i put together
a bunch of videos that is definitely going to be helpful for you i'll see y'all on the next one