These UPGRADES to the Python are Awesome! | BigAlsPets.com

[@icegypsy99]

As someone that is disabled, the python is a Godsend. I wouldn't have been able to get back into the hobby without it. Going to have to invest in the longer gravel vacuum and that hook..very cool

[@swatch12345]

Pro tip: Use a spare intake plastic thingy from an Aquaclear 70 or 110 and extend the Python hook for deeper water changes. Throw an intake sponge on there so you don't suck anything while emptying the aquarium. Works great for quick water changes when you don't need to gravel vac.

[@pancudowny]

I made my own Python... with a submersible pump, an RV freshwater hose and a few garden hose fittings & diverter valves. It connects to my shower hose and all stores away in a 5-gallon bucket. Plus, because it uses common 3/4" garden hose fittings, I can use a inline carbon filter to remove chlorine from the water as I refill the tank.😊

[@TheronStClair]

Got mine awhile ago and I love it. Can’t even imagine going back to buckets. Worth every penny.

[@One_Guy]

a ikea Giant Blue bag is great for carrying the python and all your accessories..

[@TheBalanceKeeper9]

I took the gravel vac it came with off and hooked it up to an electric vac/pump. No more wasted water. Works the same to refill.

[@chrisgroves5236]

Great video! Looking at you at the end you should really be the official “PYTHON MAN” 😂. Brilliant

[@glove8884]

Thank you so much for showing visual examples of all the accessories

[@Blimpus]

The end got me,, You make a great Python man Thomas.

[@madfishdiva]

My python saved my back and my life. Love those brass fittings.

[@LeslieF0330]

I have been using the Python for years and I swear, there’s nothing better!! You can buy tubing to fit it at Lowe’s or Home Depot which is handy if you need to add longer extensions. I also connect it to my garden hose so I can drain the fish water out to the yard instead of my sink drain. ☺️

[@LeslieF0330]

The only thing is that I’ve had to add some plumbers tape to my quick connect pieces. Otherwise they will leak.

[@zacks2368]

Loved the bit at the end!! Keep up the good vids!! Thanks

[@tifu678]

That brass “innovation” has been available at big box hardware stores’ garden supplies and plumbing section for several years

[@gmoorach]

The brass connectors are great. I've been using them for over 4 years. The Python system makes water changes a breeze. However, a lot of tap water is wasted to create the negative pressure required to suck/pump the water out of your aquarium. For a small aquarium this may not be a big deal. But, for larger ones, you'll feel it in your water bill. And since I keep goldfish and do weekly 75% water changes... I put an Eheim 317 gph electric pump in line. I prime the system using the Python pump and tap water. Then I turn off the tap and pump out the water with the electric pump. When it come time to pump water back into the tank, I have to remove the Eheim pump. It can't take the tap water pressure (it will blow out). So, the brass connectors are very handy for quickly connecting and disconnecting everything.I also use the hook when refilling my aquarium. I had been placing a rock directly below the water flow, or the gravel would be dispersed. Then I saw a trick on KZbin. As it turns out, the syphon tube for the AquaClear 110 fits perfectly on the end of the Python hook. This creates a spray that doesn't disturb the aquascape.

[@Tandor69]

George Moorachian I am going to have to try the aquaclear tube. That is the only thing I don’t like about the hook is it sprays straight down an messes up my gravel

[@TomSerious]

So I made my own quick disconnects etc. set with regular garden hose supplies :D works great! (mostly "Gardena") 1x Pump for faster water change, 1x Gravelvac, 1x just tubing ("dusting" off sand/cleaning filterintake) and 1x refill adapter (waterbottle with a "water rocket" to garden hose adapter + Thermometer Probe inside!)

[@almetcalf]

Been using a Python for years and never knew about some of these things. I definitely need to get the carry strap.

[@EWC88]

Love my python, question though how do you keep the inside of the tubing clean?

[@jacobbrant2178]

After use i put my python on vaccum and suck out as much water as possible then i make sure to blow out any water and dry it out as much as possible

[@sleepinglikehouses]

Just run some hot water through it, into the sink

[@joshhibbs_nola]

I have all these accessories and they make using your python system even easier and more convenient. 👍🏼

[@gjosuem]

this video generated a sale for you guys, best price online for python accessories, even beat amazon, new subscriber, keep up the good work

[@BigAlsVOD]

Thank you SO much for not only taking the time to support us, but for letting us know! We’re really happy to have you as a sub and a customer- we appreciate it! Keep on tankin!

[@catzawadzski3748]

I love my python. I can even use it to vacuum and clean my saltwater tank. Now if I could find a easy way to hook it to a pump for ease of refilling the salt tank.

[@belle1256]

Great tips, will have to get some of those brass adapters and the longer tube for my larger tanks. I have been using python since they came out many years ago. My porter is so old its the green version. The porter makes it so easy to keep the Python organized. Love your videos, always learn something new and your just so funny.

[@toddlauretteHabsforlife]

Had to turn the volume up to 65 to hear you, but im glad i did, i wasnt aware of the pieces to disconnect and re-connnect hoses, can i put one directly on my faucet to make it so i can just snap the hose onto the sink?

[@Canadianbatgirl62]

Just wondering, if you're filling directly from the faucet when do you add the water conditioner? I do water changes with my fish in the tank so this is a concern.

[@Tandor69]

I just add seachem prime to my tank before I start filling. Use the amount for the whole tank volume, not how much water you are adding. Haven’t lost a fish.

[@Canadianbatgirl62]

@@Tandor69 Hi Mike. That's an idea, now how about temperature control? 🙂

[@Tandor69]

Carrie M I set my water temperature before turning the valve at the bottom of the “T” that connects to the faucet. Water doesn’t go to your tank until you turn the valve, it just sprays into the sink so you can measure the temperature

[@rhondadennis4988]

Carrie M Set your water temp before you start to refill. Add chemicals right before refill. Easy Peary. I’ve done if for years with zero issues.

[@initialfunk]

Love my python. Hose reaches both my 75 and 10 gal. Makes a world of difference. I can water change both in the amount of time it would take me to do one with buckets. And sweat. And tears.

[@timothynazar3297]

These look like good upgrades but it is a little odd that the python system itself doesn’t just include the quick connect and the hook attachment.

[@sloppyjoe400]

Capitalism.

[@tulioalopez]

Thank you again for everything

[@brucebjornson9135]

You do a great job keep it up

[@joannecavan1213]

thanks for the video.....how do you fill back up, with water temp. for the tank ( just water temp.) everything else i get

[@2118emmanuel]

With thermometer you check water temp coming out of sink and adjust by opening hot or cold

[@heatherleelovejoy9690]

Great video! I love my python, but in my smaller tanks the tube is to fat, do they make a skinny tube?

[@bailywhiting5207]

Love the video gives great advice and tips for me to expand and grow my tanks.

[@bigtanks2259]

Baily Whiting just checked out your videos nice work and nice tanks

[@bailywhiting5207]

Thank you I have had the two tanks set up for a while and loving learning more about different fish. I got a lot of my tips from this channel so much good advice for any beginners or enthusiast.

[@bigtanks2259]

Baily Whiting keep up the great videos and work

[@fishfirst6105]

Awesome tanks man love the videos

[@bailywhiting5207]

Fish First thank you so much about to start a marine tanks so can’t wait

[@misterskildpadde]

I have one question, do you not waste a lot of water using it? or do you shut of the water when it starts running from the aquarium?

[@shaileshsinha9137]

Nice information

[@mariuszsobieraj1769]

Love the video. Odd question. Would you happen to know if there is a list of plants that states whether they take fertilizers from ground or water column and where I could find said list.

[@K3NB3N]

Can you add the brass quick adapter to the T-Pump faucet thing? So the tubing hose connects easily to the T-Pump

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

AWESOME now where do I get the long tube at & how much does THAT 1 you have cost?? & where at?

[@josemontalvo4532]

I need one of those. My tank is a 58 gallon tank that has a depth of 25”. Which length is best. I presently have a ten inch one, not happy with that one. Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed watching!

[@ShoeBakka1]

Jose Montalvo I would get the 72" the 24" would be too small.

[@Evil_Genius_888]

I want one, but I’d have to change the kitchen faucet first to have it work. Or I’d have to run it all the way down into the basement. Hmmm.... I wonder if that would work.

[@rickmalik7786]

You know how much hassle it is to connect it to the sink.so I put a quick disconnect on the kitchen faucet as well. I have a sprayer hose with the sink so I don't need it to have one on the head.

[@barbarawalker8957]

Hi Thomas I think you are really funny I like your tank review videos, and all the different t shirts you wear , keep on tanking!

[@melvinveney]

Great vid. I'm your 500 like. Question I'm thinking about purchasing a python. Can I use it connected to an outside faucet that a garden hose hooks to? What assesories would I need? Thanks in advance. I also subscribed to your channel. 👍

[@n00bisuperlocky8]

Please Help me. Im planning setting up my 1 tank. I really like barbs. Can you keep cherry barbs and tiger barbs in the same tank and if yes how many should I Get of each. How big should the tank be and should it be planted or not. Are there any other fish thah would go well in this community tank. Thx for help

[@denierlexiese]

Should you not use the brass snap connectors with a saltwater marine setup?

[@gmoorach]

Brass should be safe for the marine environment.

[@pattack7]

😒 I didn’t even know about the quick disconnects..now I need some..

[@NittanyFins]

Need help...I have a large tank in my basement but there is no sink on that level. What are my option to use Python for the gravel vac part. I'm good on filling it still....just need to figure out how to gravel vac. HELP? I don't want to go back to buckets.

[@waqqy1416]

I have a 54litre tank which is around 11 gallons, is the phyton any good for this ? I'm scared it'll suck the water out too quickly when i do the gravel change. I'd appreciate some help or advice o this please :)

[@val_923]

the higher you turn up the faucet, the faster it drains/refills. so you can keep the faucet on relatively low and get a small amount of suction. i still think it's a bit overkill for an 11 gallon, but it would eliminate buckets if thats what you really want!

[@waqqy1416]

@@val_923 - thank you for the reply :) do u recommend anything else for an 11 gallon tank ? am a new fish owner, so this is all new to me.

[@val_923]

@@waqqy1416 i use a regular, appropriately sized, gravel vacuum/siphon into a bucket for my 10 gallon tank at home!

[@catzawadzski3748]

I use mine on my ten gallon so I don't have to carry buckets around. Just turn the water nearly all the way off to decrease the suction. I also use it on a fifty gallon tank and it works wonders on both.

[@aryan2837]

I have 19*14*14 dutch style planted tank now I use coodia full spectrum 16w led light but i'm not happy to progress my tank can u advice me good lighting for my planted tank.

[@dlealchicago]

Is there risk of transferring disease if I use only 1 python for all my tanks? Any best practice?

[@Iron-cesc]

Hello friend, I need to change my filter, I have an Amazonian aquarium of 240 liters (63.40 US gallons) and this aquarium is equipped with an Eheim Professionel 4 + 600 filter, really that filter has disappointed me a lot, very noisy, poor quality of its plastic baskets ... fitting the baskets after cleaning is a real torture ... Eheim has taken a step back in its quality, my classic model 250 (old model 2213) is a thousand times better and quieter. Can you recommend a filter for my aquarium? Is a good choice a UV lamp filter? How many hours should the UV lamp remain on? Is SunSun a good option? Thanks and greetings from Germany

[@MrClown_The_Gamer]

I was thinking about getting an ”Python no spill” from you’re webside but i dont know if it Will fit My hose i live in europé? I would like an answer ?

[@seamusbyrne8259]

You fit it to the tap faucet, their generally counter clockwise. My kitchen sink has one of those removable defusers

[@seamusbyrne8259]

It's an American site and the shipping would be expensive though, but if it's not much get it here

[@papasarge13]

You can go to a hardware store and buy the part that hooks to the sink. It's not Python tho. It's blue and it's what you use to fill and drain water beds. Same exact thing as Python, like I said just different color. You can just hook a water hose to it instead of the clear Python tubing. Buy you the adapter to connect your gravel vacuum to the end and you're ready to go.

[@traci4750]

How does the python attach to your sink? I do not have threaded faucets on either my guest bathroom or my kitchen sink which are near of my fish tank

[@jessicarose3274]

Have you tried unscrewing the metal tip of your faucet called an aerator?

[@traci4750]

@@jessicarose3274 they do not seem to have one. Well the one in the kitchen for sure, its the kind that switches between regular stream and spray and has extender neck. The bathroom is a pedstal sink, if it does unscrew, and I tried. its locked on hard by calcium carbonate. I live in Las Vegas water is hard. I think I might have to get a new faucet for the kitchen.

[@jessicarose3274]

@@traci4750 oh, dang. I was thinking I'd have to replace my bathroom faucets as well due to there not being enough space between the faucet and drain. I know it sounds crazy but the builders used the basic of builder basics when putting this house together.

[@sueberry8298]

Phythons are mad expensive here in the UK! Maybe you can get them in America for cheaper?!

[@papasarge13]

Check your hardware store for the adaptor to go on your sink to fill and drain a water bed. It's the exact same thing as the Python but it is blue not green. Then you can use just a light weight water hose instead of the clear tubing. You can buy the adapter that goes on the end of your gravel vacuum and screw it onto the water hose end. It's a whole lot cheaper and works the same.

[@MrSkynex721]

I love my python hook, except for the rubber seal came fucked up so it leaks some times.

[@attilaszamoskozi769]

Hi Thomas. Love my Python...way better than using buckets! But I do have one issue with the hook... Whenever I use it it always creates a deep divot in my sand substrate...is there some easy way to get around that? I have tried taping a sponge on the end of the hook to disperse the water flow, but nothing really seems to work. I still get a deep crater in my sand substrate from water flow running out of the hook...

[@georgeratcliff3710]

Hi Attila I made a defuser out a scrap piece of 1 inch diameter PVC pipe I had. It was about 11 inches long (you could cut yours any length you wanted that what my scrap piece was) I drilled 4 holes on each side glued a PVC cap on the end and just shoved it on the end of the hook friction holds it in place and it works great. I hope this helps.

[@attilaszamoskozi769]

@@georgeratcliff3710 Thank you very much! I would be willing to pay you to make me one and ship it to me. If that would even be possible. I don't have the means or the time to make something like this right now. Would you be willing to do that?

[@carlheller6648]

Hey next years Halloween you should be python man

[@nikithlal8526]

Also do a vedio on how do make microworm culture and also how to bag a fish

[@anthonyromano5420]

They need to make a small crevice tool type of attachment I need that haha

[@sloppyjoe400]

I have an issue with my python and I'm hoping to get some advice. I went to do my first water change, ran the tubing from my tank to the bathroom sink which is closest, had everything connected, and even with the faucet turned on I was still getting very little suction making gravel cleaning pretty much impossible. Why would I have such limited suction?

[@Tandor69]

Probably the water flow in the sink. I find I can’t use my kitchen faucet because the pressure is too low. Now since it’s no longer winter, I run the hose outside to my lawn.

[@TheMackEvil]

Wonder if i can find that in dk

[@michaelfoos9395]

Love the channel! Do the brass fittings work for between the hose and the part you screw on to your tap?

[@rhondadennis4988]

Michael Foos Yes it does. Super easy!

[@tylahawkins301]

Can i get a python even though i live in australia?

[@nikithlal8526]

Love it

[@jegisiregar]

very useful tools but sadly its not available in my country ( indonesia ) :(

[@CooLin1stPlace]

Makes cleaning easyyyyy

[@llamaswithtophats4294]

Like your head-dress. XD

[@miketmurphy1]

Why is the audio on these videos always so low?

[@varanidguy]

I have a python...I need the Hook. lol

[@krisi.2011]

2nd almost 1st thou soooo close lol

[@RWSBrowning]

And that's why you don't have a girlfriend.

[@RWSBrowning]

Will order it by next year when your crappy slow website updates my cart.

[@BigAlsVOD]

FIRST!!!

[@charrlos3108]

FIRST!!!!!

[@AquaPeet]

SEVENTH!!! HA HA!!! HA!!! nyèèhh.... Wish python would be available in Europe though! Even the faucet T thing is nowhere to be found. Only on eBay in the US of A. Which isn't Europe.

[@ShoeBakka1]

Killer of dreams!

[@madeuce3011]

@@AquaPeet Look up "water bed drain kit" That is the part that connects to your faucet. Pick up appropriate hosing and make your own tube using a cut off plastic drink bottle

[@AquaPeet]

@@madeuce3011 Thank you for the tip, Ma Deuce! I found that out too and I have emailed several water bed companies before, and unfortunately they all say they use a different system. Every Google image search ended up on eBay or Amazon, only companies in the States that either don't ship to the Netherlands or with absurd shipping costs.

[@ArbainH]

I wouldn’t have an aquarium if I didn’t have a python. Refilling with buckets is time consuming and annoying.

[@theXxgajxX]

Python doesn’t fit any of my sinks😔

[@madeuce3011]

I believe there are faucet adaptors

[@catzawadzski3748]

Python sales adapters or you can go to any local plumbing store and they can help find what you need.

[@sleepinglikehouses]

Tip, python is way overpriced, at least in the UK. Buy food safe pvc tubing from amazon, you can buy the size you need, quick connections are cheap at garden shops, hozelock ect. Don't waste your money

[@schunter20]

Those brass snap connectors seems like a home run. Suspiciously good and fairly obvious upgrade for long term use. So why don't they just make all there products with those to start with. I get it, capitalism is a bitch, we could could be making near flawless items that never break or need repair. But it's never going happen because it's all about the money. We decide what deserves compensation, god this complicated, I am sorry, goodbye.

[@aussbasstony9763]

Not worth the money better DIY cheaper options

[@mrgladson84]

It's a big waste.........moreover ur over acting n dramatic speech makes it more worse