I think she is siphoning from the bucket to the tank, if so the bucket hose end needs to remain under water in the bucket, the tank hose end just has to be lower than the bucket water surface and the bucket water surface needs to be higher that the end of the outlet hose feeding the tank.@VioletThePurple Are you keeping the tank end of the siphon tube under water all the time? Not lifting the tube out of the water for even a fraction of a second?
I tried starting the siphon the usual way- bring it out of water and put it back in once the water drains.
I ditched buckets long ago for performing WC's, the Python (or something similar) is so much easier to useI think she is siphoning from the bucket to the tank, if so the bucket hose end needs to remain under water in the bucket, the tank hose end just has to be lower than the bucket water surface and the bucket water surface needs to be higher that the end of the outlet hose feeding the tank.
Yes, the tank end was attached in water. I had no reason to move that part.@VioletThePurple Are you keeping the tank end of the siphon tube under water all the time? Not lifting the tube out of the water for even a fraction of a second?
That's what I ended up doing, but before that I wanted to test if the siphon could suck out the bucket water back into the tank for me. It didn't work. I didn't want to pour it in initially because the weight of the bucket is easy to spill.I may be missing something here or maybe I have been doing it wrong for decades. If you lugged a bucket of water to the tank, why not just slowly pour it in?
I just bought this siphon; I don't want to get another one. I wanted to know if it was possible with the one, I currently have. Plus, I didn't want a bigger siphon because the smaller ones are easier to store.Just get a Python water changer...use to fill AND empty tanks...it doesn't need to be complicated
The tube wasn't lifted out, only the wide part of the siphon was to be lifted up and down. Doing that only gave me bubbles. The tube end was firmly attached and submerged inside the tank.The siphon tube should not be lifted out of the water at all. The wide part should be moved up and down quickly to start the siphon, but the end of the tube must be under water at all times. If it's lifted out of the water, it will stop working.
I placed the siphon in headfirst and the plastic pipe end into the tank. I tried starting the siphon the usual way- bring it out of water and put it back in once the water drains. It didn't work.
No, I don't want to buy another siphon. I wanted to know if this will work with my current siphon.Python water siphon
The tube wasn't lifted out, only the wide part of the siphon was to be lifted up and down. Doing that only gave me bubbles. The tube end was firmly attached and submerged inside the tank.
Get a Python siphon. Empties and fills.I know that siphoning removes water and cleans out waste from under the gravel. But in water change, you have to replace the water. However, I haven't gotten it to flow the opposite way. With a bucket of clean water, I placed the siphon in headfirst and the plastic pipe end into the tank. I tried starting the siphon the usual way- bring it out of water and put it back in once the water drains. It didn't work. I would have bubbles coming out from the tank end each time I tried to start, but that was the furthest I got. I tried to hold the bucket above the tank (there isn't any surface I could put it that would be above the tank, so I had to just hold.) No luck. In the end I gave up and did what I normally do- just pour in the water from the bucket directly into the tank.