Water Changing Unit Now Available In Uk!

[Alm0stAwesome]

Just thought I would let you know that the Brits no longer have to suffer with a lack of "pre-assembled" water changing set available in the market. JBL have started doing one and it has a powered pump so is pretty cool. It's not available many places as far as I can tell so maybe it hasn't been around very long? Anyhoo Zooplus are having a sale this weekend and it's 25% off I wish I had the cash, it's £44.90 which in all honesty isn't much more than it cost me to make my very low tech python system, I think I got close to £40 before I was done

JBL Aqua In-Out at ZooPlus

 

[car.crash]

its a nice idea but worth £45! i dont think so.
i will await for one to be made and sold from china for £20

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

lol! May that day some sooner rather than later!

 

[Sinners]

looks awesome a bit confused to how it actually works though

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

to put it simply, you put one end in your tank and the other end in your sink. Since this one has a pump attached you switch on the pump to siphon the water out of your tank, it has a gravel cleaner so you can clean your substrate while this is going on. When you're done it has an attachment that goes on the tap on your sink and you just fill the water back in your tank. Most people can mix a little hot water in as well in order to match the temp in the tank. The benefit is there's no mess and no hauling buckets around, win!

You just have to add enough dechlorinator for the whole tank before you start refilling so that it can do it's work before you switch the filter back on. I have a home-made version of it and I wouldn't be without it!

 

[Aquamaniac]

to put it simply, you put one end in your tank and the other end in your sink. Since this one has a pump attached you switch on the pump to siphon the water out of your tank, it has a gravel cleaner so you can clean your substrate while this is going on. When you're done it has an attachment that goes on the tap on your sink and you just fill the water back in your tank. Most people can mix a little hot water in as well in order to match the temp in the tank. The benefit is there's no mess and no hauling buckets around, win!

You just have to add enough dechlorinator for the whole tank before you start refilling so that it can do it's work before you switch the filter back on. I have a home-made version of it and I wouldn't be without it!

I really need something like this.Been looking at other DIY projects to make one myself.The problem is by this method you spend alot more dechlorinator than by dosing buckets. On the other hand if you are willing to spend 40£ in that you probably wont worry about the extra dechlorinator usage.

 

[CezzaXV]

I made my own homemade one for about £15. The amount of hassle you save is definitely worth a little extra on dechlorinator. Admittedly mine doesn't have a gravel vac on it, but maybe that's something I'll think about.

 

[ZoddyZod]

the image on the box looks remarkably like a python system with a gravel vac attached to it.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

the image on the box looks remarkably like a python system with a gravel vac attached to it.

That's exactly what it is, with a pump added in. I've looked at the Aqueon ones as well (only available in the US unless you want to pay massive shipping, ends up being £60...) and the perks to these systems is that the valves tend to be made especially for this type of thing so there's little turn off valves at different points along the system which you don't neccessarily get with a home-made one.

I dunno how you made yours for so cheap Cezza! I went into B&Q not expecting for the bits to cost as much as they did lol, I can't remember exactly how much it was but it was somewhere between £35- £40...the length of hose you need to buy makes the price quiet variable I suppose...did you buy all the parts of ebay by any chance? I bet I could have saved some on it if I had done that

Edit: looking at the picture I can see that the tap attachment is one of these proprietary ones you get from the likes of Aqueon which you can't get yourself from hardware stores, that's the main difference!

 

[CezzaXV]

There's a link to a tutorial I made in my sig, but all in all, it was about £15-20 if I remember rightly (probably closer to £20 now I think about it). All you need is a powerhead which the cost is variable depending on how powerful you go (the more powerful you go, the quicker the water will siphon out), a hosepipe (I paid £4.68 from Wilkinsons for a 15m one), a few quid on a connector for your tap (which again will vary depending on what type of tap you have) and a few more quid on the connectors to link it all up.

It's so easy to do and so much cheaper, I really don't understand why people would spend ridiculous money on something that comes in a box like that. I guess it's just the ease of buying it.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

The one I built is pretty much the same as yours just minus the powerhead, I just put up with a slower syphon...

 

[OldMan47]

The one in the picture and the description sounds a lot like a Python. The eductor used on a Python is often called a jet pump in other applications. That is the pump on this one too. There is no separate pump at the tank end.