Python and stairs?

[hungryhound]

I have a question about the use of a python. We are planning on establishing a tank in our basement, but the closest water source is on the first floor. I am sure that we could fill the tank from the floor above as gravity would gladly pull the water down, but would the suction of a python overcome the pull of gravity it would experience to go up a flight of stairs?

[cocoa_pleco]

hmmm, thats a good question. I have all my tanks in the basement, but a tap is down there so i have no trouble with my python. I would think that the stairs would be too much for the pull

[hungryhound]

hmmm, thats a good question. I have all my tanks in the basement, but a tap is down there so i have no trouble with my python. I would think that the stairs would be too much for the pull

That is what I am thinking but I wasn't sure if anyone had tried it.

I went a head and ordered it anyways as I am tired of hauling buckets for my 46 gallon. Hopefully it will work.

[Lady Hobbs]

You will have to run the faucet at full blast to pull the water up but I think it will work.

[hungryhound]

You will have to run the faucet at full blast to pull the water up but I think it will work.

once i get it I will let you know if it works. This would be so much simpilar if my townhouse had a sink in the basement.

[octopus44]

You probably wont get very much suction. I have my 67 gallon turtle tank on the floor and the python is just barley able to pull up debris from the bottom and it drains very slowly. My water pressure is not that high so you may have better luck. Although a flight of stairs is a lot farther than it is from my sink to the floor.

Its still a good purchase even if you cant drain the tank since you will be able to fill it.

[hungryhound]

You probably wont get very much suction. I have my 67 gallon turtle tank on the floor and the python is just barley able to pull up debris from the bottom and it drains very slowly. My water pressure is not that high so you may have better luck. Although a flight of stairs is a lot farther than it is from my sink to the floor.

its still a good purchase even if you cant drain the tank since you will be able to fill it.

That was my thinking.

[Lady Hobbs]

I've noticed my python doesn't have the suction that the hand held one does but I have to assume it's due to the length of hose you're using in comparison to the hand held.

Do you happen to have a basement door or a sump in your basement? It would be nice to have one or the other as you could just siphon the water from your tank into the sump or out the door and use the python to refill it.

[Mdsuave13]

I was always curious about the python, when you fill the tank up, do you put your water treatment in the tank before or after you fill it up with water?

My clown loaches are extremely sensitive to everything, so i'm not sure about how it would work....

[cocoa_pleco]

i do it after i fill it. the untreated water is fine for a few minutes with fish

[marcryan11]

you would have to crank the upstairs faucet to drain well at all I would think. Might try a couple of buckets and drain the tanks downstairs, then use the python to fill it...