Has anyone hooked up an external pump to a python hose?

[RussC]

I want to speed up water changes. Thought about using an external pump on my python hose. Anyone done that with any luck?

 

[mcarroll]

For a while I used a long hose with pumps connected to both ends, each only used as-needed.

 

[RussC]

The siphon takes 10 minutes for 20 gallons. I realize 10 is not much. But if I could do it in 3, why not.

 

[saltyhog]

If you're not vacuuming the sand you could use a small submersible pump like this one. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/sicce-syncra-silent-4-0-pump-9. And use some flexible tubing from Lowes like what comes with the Python. I do that all the time

 

[hybridazn]

Yup I use a mag24 hooked up to a python to feed water from my storage barrels to my mixing station.

 

[RussC]

Yup I use a mag24 hooked up to a python to feed water from my storage barrels to my mixing station.

Do you have to prime that mag24?

 

[mcarroll]

It's not a suction pump, so it's either inside the tank, or externally plumbed into the bottom of the tank somehow.