Can this be used to siphon clean water from a bucket into my fish tank?
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I use it under much more extreme conditions. In the rain with dirty/rocky soil and with extra hose attached to the end. I would say definitely it would work for your fish tank. My only caution would be to make sure it doesn't suck up tiny rocks on the bottom. I know I have some debris in mine and its running harder because of it BUT when this one goes I will buy another the next day. It's a great little pump.
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I also use the C4 as an additional filter on a 60 gallon tank. You don't say what level of water you keep in your 50 with your turtles. I don't think you could rely on this filter to siphon properly unless your tank is full, and pretty sure it wouldn't be enough to keep it clean unless your turtles are quite small. My biggest complaint is that mine doesn't restart reliably after a power outage. I usually have to reach in and manually unstick the impeller.
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I bought this for my mom to pick up small items - and we have a fish tank,, so I understand what you're thinking. I would NOT recommend this for your tank. Even if you dry it, the retractable grabbers would not get completely dry and you would risk contaminating your tank in no time.
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Unknown, but we DO use it for pets electric water bowls to filter their waters, so I cannot see why it shouldn't for that. You DO have to wash it first tho, so you get all of the dust off it. Hope this helps! :)
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Yes. I have been using it for a goldfish ,, I am using a 10 gallon filter , the filter that came with the tank stopped working after about a week.
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Ours is used in a five foot diameter sugar kettle we use as a fish pond. It is on a timer and only runs a few hours a day. It provides great filtration for our needs. The water stays clear and the fish, goldfish and koi, are healthy.
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Absolutely! I used one on a 15 gallon long and it worked great! You can never have too much filtration IMO.
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It will siphon yes, however it's designed for one gallon glass jugs so it won't reach the bottom of your carboy. Your best bet is to go for the standard auto siphon which will work for plastic buckets as well as 3, 5 and 6.5 gallon glass car boys.
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Yes you can. In fact I wouldn't use their at all. Go with Beckett 7093110 pump. Put it on the bottom of the tank and cover it with gravels. No need to use their hose. The point to get your water move around. Once it set and done, you will never need to change water or filter. Your fish will be happy
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Probably, but it would be very messy. These charcoal chips have a lot of black dust and leave black streaks on things. I use it for my fish tank filtration, however I have heard from many sources that for removing odors, charcoal is fantastic. I would recommend using charcoal pellets or sticks instead of chips. These are more economical than the chips, are produced by a wide range of manufactures and you can put them in a variety of containers. Just look under aquarium filtration for the charcoal pellets and sticks. Hope this helps.
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I use this in my salt water fish tank. I made a overflow box and a in tank refugium
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it would suck the water out way too fast. I think you should buy a siphon with smaller diameter.
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I would think manipulating it in an aquarium would be difficult, but you could get the Black and Decker PKS 160 for that job. It is submergible (Amazon ad for this states so) and would be easier to manipulate around in the aquarium. It is a handheld smaller scrubber. It is much cheaper also, around $18 on Amazon. LJ
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You can use it to drain the fish tank quite easily to a certain point. It won't drain out every little bit, but it will drain enough to make it easy to clean. If your fish tank is under 20 gals it will drain in 3 minutes once the pump is primed. Pump drain time is according to the size of hose you discharge. 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 1". I use 5/8 hose and the pump siphons at 4 gals./min. I used it once to drain a 30,000 gal. pool with a 1" hose and it took 2 days but it did the job.
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It will do it yes but it's a bit big for a 9 gal in my opinion. Personally for a tank that size I would just get a regular siphon that goes into a bucket. As long as you get the one with the thing you pump with your hand to get it going its easy. With the python I fear it's a bit big and depending on your water pressure I personally find the manual ones have more suction so clean the gravel better. And with the other one being bigger you may find all the water you want out is gone before u have finished vacuuming as the water will go out quick. The python is brilliant for a bigger tank so u don't have to deal with lots of water carrying but with a 9 g that's no problem in my opinion.
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I would think so, once the suction starts, it can even suck up small rocks. But, if you just let the water/sand mixture drain into a bucket, you could just rinse it off and put it back in your tank.
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The Fluval edge gravel cleaner works very well in my 6 gallon aquarium, the flow works using gravity. I am very pleased for the purpose I am using it. I would not suggest it for an aquarium that is much larger.