Safe and easy ways to start a siphon for aquarium water changes

[@thefishdoctor8746]

I've updated the video description to answer questions about diseases humans can catch from fish/aquaria.

[@veryboliao]

its been a while since your last vid, finally! Pls upload more often if possible, otherwise we'll run out of good vids to watch. :P Thanks!

[@jennyjohn998]

FAKE NAME if your siphon is connected to your faucet just run the hot water all the way( hot as possible) let it drain for a for a while . The hot water will kill most bacteria and parasites This seems to work for me. My faucet gets super hot .

[@RJ-nd8dq]

whats the name of that again? and wer can i buy it?

[@toykidstv9345]

What's on the tip of the hose?

[@belindamary1928]

Can i know the name of the device used in the 1st method?

[@SuccessforLifester]

I have always been using the third method. Discovered it one day by accident

[@iAteTheRamen]

Honestly, watching all the crap in my substrate get sucked into the siphon is so satisfying to watch.

[@thefishdoctor8746]

rickybobbychuva "satisfying" IS the word!

[@soggyfries4347]

I think a mouthful of gasoline is safer than aquarium water....yikes..

[@supforalll5990]

I totally agree

[@kasiakactus8761]

Oh lord ima die

[@bananafloat27]

I used that method yesterday and I still feel sick

[@anfiqonayasyah5583]

why?

[@T800-theRealOne]

When I was employed at a children’s science museum, one of my regular tasks was to siphon pebbles from the upper section of the outdoor water and sand flow exhibit using the last method. To accomplish this, we used a short, clear tube, which we submerged completely underwater until it filled up. Then, we covered one end with our thumb, lifted it out of the water, and released our thumb to initiate the siphoning action.

[@jennyjohn998]

This guys awesome when i was younger i always wanted to be a fish vet. as i got older it didnt seem realistic boy am i wrong this guy is actually doing it. I'd take my sick fish to him.

[@iAteTheRamen]

Next year I'll be interning at my local fish vet in California lol. They're everywhere, but they're scarce!

[@condorX2]

Now you got me curious to know how a sick fish get back to normal.

[@jjjtubo]

A fellow hobbyist and best friend contracted some dangerous strain of hepatitis, went to the doctor and to his surprise the first question the doctor asked him was "do you have an aquarium?". He then remembered starting a siphon with his mouth and swallowing some water during the process...

[@litoloco4fish]

John Menezes what the hell??? So what happen

[@heatherginn251]

Which led me to this video so that I didnt suck turtle shit into my mouth! Lol I wasnt gonna.

[@TheMoises1213]

We that’s so nasty 🤢🤮

[@Mango90cp]

I heard that some contracted Aids from drinking aquarium water too

[@ethanbruh3476]

Massiveshitinhugeass no I think they just got aids bruh lol

[@dellab3680]

Dude, thank you for this! I've been using my tube recklessly and it stresses my fish out so bad lol. This was very helpful!

[@elisamilan]

I've never heard of these ways! This is so cool, thank you! I use the Python Hose that connects to my sink but it uses so much water that I may just start doing it this way!

[@JohnDoe-np3zk]

Dude I walked into the room and my one tilapia about 3" long white one was sticking out of the hose end and not looking too good. So I pulled it out and thought for sure that sucker was a goner. But with my warmth and pushing it back and forth a while and prayer it lived. It got a burst of energy and swam around the top a while bumping into things. Lips are like purple. Then the idiot almost went back into the hose. I need to put a screen over it most of the fish are smarter than that. Well anyway I will put a little screen over the end starting now cause I hate stuff like that other than the magic of nature. That fish was dead for sure I thought.

[@tiiacoo6703]

I've gotten the tank water in my mouth more times than I'd have liked to 😂 great video! Didn't know there were so many techniques

[@matthedges6625]

Really...... the simplest way is to fill the hose with water from the tap, block one end, insert into tank and it begins draining.

[@irshadmohamed5790]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@Stoned_Sparky]

All these ways waste time do this take a 2 liter of soda cut up a water hose you dont want put the bottle under water then stick one end of hose in bottle then squeeze the bottle YOUR WELCOME

[@M17_Max]

Should've watched this before siphoning. Mouth of aquarium water. Rinsed with soap, mouthwash, now onto the whisky

[@thechannelivesetupbecausey3585]

Any suggestions for doing this with a fry tank. I am worried in case any of them get sucked up the tube.

[@thefishdoctor8746]

I use airline tubing and a small clear acrylic tube that I took from an under gravel filter riser. I carefully check the bucket in case any fry accidentally get vacuumed up. I also curl the airline tube into the bottom of the bucket to create a whirlpool/vortex, I found it stops fry from crashing into the bucket or water and getting hurt if they do get vacuumed up.

[@thechannelivesetupbecausey3585]

The Fish Doctor Thanks. Thats an amazing idea re the whirlpool effect.

[@theklrdudeoo9173]

can you tell us what diseases could transfer to humans ? that would be interesting !

[@therebelfrogy9287]

theklrdude oo you're asking the right question

[@almarma]

He answered in another comment and pointed out this video of him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIjChmeqq9mCa80

[@GeekyVicky]

theklrdude oo Corona virus

[@raghavrajesh4940]

Doc u saved me...... at morning i was feeding my fish some pellets but the container kinda slipped but luckily i caught it before it fell in the tank but a lot of pellets spilled out....i thought the fish would eat then but at evening a fish died so i was concerned that the other fish would also die and if my dad had found out this much food is in the tank he would kill me. I did the 2 method and sucked out all the food from the bottom. Thanks doc

[@westsenkovec]

What if my tank is on the ground?

[@breelacinda4582]

wont work , id get a table

[@westsenkovec]

@@breelacinda4582 Im using a spare water pump.

[@jourdan1200]

FUCKING BRILLIANT, IM USING MY MOUTH SINCE THE WORLD BEGUN! i should have seen this first

[@ashpaws6708]

I tried this yesterday and got some water in my mouth....oops.....luckily i didnt swallow it and rinsed my mouth out very thoroughly since i am such a germaphobe

[@magzire]

Heads up, be careful when the fish come close to the hose. My blackmoors whole eye socket got sucked clean out. Felt so bad :(

[@TheMoises1213]

magzire how the hell? Omg & couldn’t u stop it by covering the hole with you finger? Omg I feel so bad. How’s it doing though?

[@dontalktomebye]

wtf!!!

[@magzire]

@@dontalktomebye and its eyeball was in the bucket, some fucking gore shit

[@DreamilyReal]

I don't even have a fish tank or a fish but this is good knowledge ngl.

[@heatherginn251]

SERIOUSLY thanks man! You just saved me from having to suck turtle shit into my mouth. I really didnt wanna die within the next week. I knew there was another easier way with house. Except my hose are the thin water pump hoses...guess I'll be here a while. Hey beats suckin down a load of turtle shit! Thanks again. You save lives...lol

[@jonathanlee97]

Errr I tried to start a syphon for my saltwater lagoon this morning and now sucked some water in. Now I'm having diarrhoea HAHAH

[@Kev-wa10-163]

I did the same then i felt sick so i didnt want to try it again i ended up baling it out 😢

[@boopler8797]

Rookie mistakes lol xD

[@caewalker9276]

Great work Doc . I didn't know about the kink method . As I use a garden hose to do water changes this method will help alot. I also run water through the garden hose till I fill the hose, then disconnect the hose from the tap (faucet , that creates a syphon.

[@seanharrilal572]

Thank you so much been wanting to try this for so long cuz i don't have a pump + Filter yet, my Dad has been telling me now to use my mouth, thank goodness i never tried it, I didn't know you can catch so much diseases from Fish and Animals in general... Will try the regular hose trick!! Taking in this great educational vid as of Thursday 21st May 2020

[@jimmypop4001]

corona must have been a real shock.

[@josephdy9930]

O God, never suck on the hose. Just run the hose on the faucet and cover the other end

[@neptune4167]

Dr. Loh, love the video. Totally addicted!! I'm new to fish keeping and your videos have been a tremendous help! I wish I had a local fish vet on the East coast of US.

[@PauloSpinosaFilho]

Very Nice Doc. Post more videos.

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

With large aquariums what I do is hook up the hose to the bathroom sinks spout ( with adapter) turn on the water for a few seconds...then disconnect the hose,and drop it into the shower drain . In summer,I use a very long garden hose..run in from the backyard..again start the syphon with hose water,disconnect the garden hose and the tanks water runs back and makes good plant water.

[@3xzsucof]

Who would thumbs down a video like this?

[@dereefer6834]

Great bid..I've gotten sick a couple times doing it the old fashion way..really liked the third option👍

[@redfocus1353]

How do you get water back up to those tanks on the top when you do water changes surely you don’t lift buckets all the way up to refill them

[@contrivational7470]

Hi mate, are you based in Australia? Can I buy some fish from you?

[@swmartin85]

Some good ideas here Doc. Would love to see more vids from you. Keep up the good work 😊

[@5wisher5weet]

First video of yours that has popped up, Aussie accent?

[@arcelopurbo9557]

whats the machine name you use 1st and where i found it?plz replay.....

[@trickygreen7307]

Please Doctor could you tell us what kinds of diseases you could catch? To my knowledge there was only one to worry about and that was Mycobacterium marinum or Fish Tuberculosis. As far as I know that can only be caught in humans as a nasty skin infection and I was advised not to put my hand in a tank if it had any broken skin.

[@sharonjack7239]

So helpful!!! I do not want anymore fish tank water in my mouth, haha. THANK YOU so much!! USA

[@SuccessforLifester]

I always got problem to start up the external canister like the eheim and jebo I am using. The large button that supposedly helps you to start doesn't work. I am interested to hear how the rest of you resolved this?

[@jasonmaslen3266]

The same way I do it by placing my thumb over the end. Useful info Dr Loh. I know you're probably a busy man but would you please post more regular vids.

[@sureshsteven8669]

0:00- 0:01 r u really a doctor?

[@thefishdoctor8746]

Suresh Steven I'm a veterinarian.

[@TatoAV]

@@thefishdoctor8746 *WHAT THE FUCK??* even if it was a demonstration of what not to do, it was the first thing you show in a video on how to siphon an aquarium

[@protagonistarchangel9311]

@@TatoAV What's your point?

[@TatoAV]

@@protagonistarchangel9311 Pretty self explanatory, just as journalists put the most important pieces of info in the first paragraphs, if you are doing a video teaching how to do something , you shouldn't do the exact opposite right in the beginning. Not knowing the risks of it, even if it was a joke, people might take it seriously and not watch the full video

[@ShadowTheNinjaKitty]

Antony A.V What are you talking about? You’re replying to The Fish Vet’s comment which said that he was a vet. You’re talking about something completely different. Did you reply to the wrong comment? It was obviously meant to be funny. Lighten up. The intro is like 10 seconds long. People can use common sense and infer that a 1 second clip of him spewing water out of his mouth in a comedic manner is not the correct way of siphoning water

[@AquariumCop]

Thanks so much!!!

[@percydsouza8040]

Thanks for your ideas, I have been struggling to clean my 2.5 ltr tank

[@angela-sanders]

Your last method is how we drain our spa. :) We use a 2" flexible hose with a big rock attached to the end to hold it to the bottom of the spa and dump the other end out in the yard. Just drop it in and start stuffing the hose into the spa until it fills up, thumb on the end and drop into yard.

[@London2362]

Just hold hose under sink till water comes out other end, then stick thumb in both and walk to tank. Stick one end in aquarium first, then let go of thumb into bucket. This is sooo easy. I've been doing this for years. Sucking on a hose with your mouth is ridiculous and unnecessary, (all due respect.)

[@thefishdoctor8746]

You can also feed the tubing into the aquarium, so water fills the tube, and then start the siphon that way.

[@London2362]

@@thefishdoctor8746 Great idea. I use an old washing machine hose (4 ft.). Your video was excellent. Thank You!

[@tapewaster3261]

I choose the dangerous method of siphoning. It's a real rush

[@tapewaster3261]

one time i ran through a pack of rabid wolves to harvest water from the springs of british coloumbia

[@matsosa]

When I was younger, I saw my dad siphon water out of my fish tank to clean it and I thought I could do it too...long story short, when the tank got dirty again, I decided to attempt to siphon the water and I ended up swallowing at least half a gallon of dirty fish tank water🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@gusvietnam5086]

Great ideas! Thanks for posting!👍

[@KGcichlids]

thanks for the tips! I myself put the hose in, aim it up and bring it out of the water, let it start to flow down and immediately flip it down back into the water.

[@catfrog1975]

Easiest method for starting the siphon that I have seen- you have just saved me a lot of stress! Thank you!

[@5280Love]

Someone left a 30 gallon tank with 3 fish at my place. It hasn’t been cleaned in a year. It’s FILTHY. I’ve been filling it up with water with a touch of conditioner while having it. I’ve been waiting for it to evaporate to empty, but I am curious about when this fish tank water evaporates in the air does it contain harmful bacteria etc that could make one sick? Should you take precautions in emptying the water if it’s been this long? TIA.

[@awoodward37]

Strongly recommend that you use a hose that's long enough to place one end of the hose inside the bucket and have to hold it and aim at the inside of the bucket. Have the hose coiled a couple of times inside the bottom of the bucket or clamped/tired so that it can't flop out. (Never a good look.) If it's possible, don't use a bucket at all. There are very heavy and can overflow very easily. Lash out and buy a garden hose that you can run out the widow to your garden (if a fresh water tank).

[@Countryman333]

I always done the last way. Usualy have a wider flare at end in tank. So can get waste out of gravel without stiffening gravel. Not sure what called. Got a like 200 gallon once. Bought one that hooked to kitchen faucet. Had a like reverse suction mode. Then after empty. Could refill. Very nice set up. But bigger tanks they stay clean longer. Probably every 2 years. Crazy.

[@kayakcarol]

That was great, I'll use your methods from now on in.

[@darakshasaud4764]

Wow!! That was so helpful…thank youu so much!!!!

[@godslaughter]

Is that a humphead cichlid? Loving the attention from the fish, they're so interested in what you're doing

[@AlanRodriguez-ew1mi]

Keep the videos coming man! KZbin needs you. Specially all of us that love the hobby.

[@jacobwright2168]

Excellent video; thank you very much

[@sunflower6434]

Guilty of mouth siphoning my fish tank.... thank god I brought the hand pump, just waiting on its arrival

[@MrStuckey12]

Love you Channel can you show how to put salt in a freshwater tank thank you love your Channel need more videos

[@nikuaryanvoyager9314]

Didn't work at the water tank

[@soniaowens8851]

This is a ver y good demonstration bec you gove so many optioms. Congratulations 😊

[@mridhulml9238]

Even better is to run the hose under a pipe and fill it with water, seal it at both ends or hold both ends close side by side so no water escapes...drop one end to aquarium (at an higher elevation obviously) and the other into the bucket..VOILA! You can control easily using your thumb

[@iceypies2791]

Man if only the tube I have wasn't so stiff. I would just take the chamber part off and just do that.. I really need to clean my tanks (Got them gifted and they are super dirty). I waisted $15 for those dumb store bought ones. It doesn't work because there is not enough space to get the water from...

[@danielbelmir0]

I used to use tap water to prefil the tube. Now I put part of the tube underwater, i put my thumb over the end of the other end of the tube, and than i rise the part of the tube that was underwater, and i release my thumb a little bit, so i can fill the tube with water, and than i repeat the process 1 or 2 times, and that's enough.

[@namaeh5865]

Why does your ball valve have no lever? Every time i search for ball valve, what appears looks different from the one you're using..

[@shababhsiddique]

I use method 3 on my scapeless tank. Ball valve sounds nice, might make one for the planted tank. As i cant soak entire tube there.

[@tmk9572]

I've always just did one big suck then put it down in the container. but before you get water in your mouth. it always works. or suck it then put your thumbs over then put it down then let go

[@professorm4171]

I put one end of the hose under a faucet. Let the water fill up the hose up my thumbs to close off the ends of the hose. Then move it to the tank and syphon.

[@thefishdoctor8746]

professorM any way you can prime the hose without having a mouthful of dirty water is always good

[@shortboypinoy]

Just tried the kink method to clean out a fountain. Thanks!

[@shortboypinoy]

Wanted to come back here to say that I've pretty much perfected the kink method for my needs. It's oddly satisfying to clean it out.

[@mrartweeks]

I have a busy birdbath that this will be perfect for. And I definitely will not use the mouth siphon style.

[@flybobbie1449]

Ever draped a wet flannel on a full sink? Well don't it will empty onto the floor.

[@WaqasKhanrD]

Thanks for the wonderful information

[@NaV_Tiger]

Perfect mate thank you so much.

[@chwngsir]

Can I embed part of your video in the KZbin clip for teaching? Please.

[@thefishdoctor8746]

Yes, providing you link to our video and cite us as the source - tinyurl.com/thefishdoctor

[@gamingwithderpsans5706]

so what i do is put a hand on the end of the siphon and then make like an extension and then suck in about a breath of air then there should be air that blows out before the water comes out

[@dawnmullins1643]

This was amazing ty so much

[@kingston5885]

What is the name of that tool again ? The one which I can get from my local hardware store ?

[@unbothered37]

Very good tips from a cute guy!

[@melissamariee710]

I bought a siphon from pet store and I swear it only works 1/3 of the time 🤣

[@mariejohannagarganera9698]

Mine too!

[@melissamariee710]

@@mariejohannagarganera9698 I actually invested in a bigger syphon that connects to the kitchen sink and it was like $50 and 25ft long and it was literally worth every penny !!! I ditched the old crappy one and the bucket I was using 🤣

[@mangalpandey7173]

Again what is the name of that small tube..i didnt get it..smone plz

[@wyomingadventures]

You can siphon without sucking on the hose. Just angle the top hose down with open end up than pick up it start. Quickly put back in tank.

[@dattolala2009]

These tricks are best . But i like to siphon through mouth.

[@MIADAtheEGYPTIAN]

Thanks... I'd rather go with the last option as I have tried everything. So I hope I don't have any dieses

[@Jewl_flow]

Diseases even

[@cindy418]

I suck the end of it and let go before water goes into my mouth.

[@RealTwinGamers]

Ello

[@kodiguy3772]

How do you siphon out the tanks that are on the ground?

[@T_T016]

Loved it! LOVED IT! Thank you so much for the video!! Wishing you all the best from Belgium 💪🙏🍀😁

[@sureshankutty5902]

How to become a fish vet sir?

[@saravanaselvam4634]

Can you say the clear name of that you are using in that pipe

[@1982vicel]

Does this work with any kind of hose?

[@dailodai9586]

i don't mind the taste of aquarium water

[@sanjoyghosh9942]

What material is this which sucksion the water?

[@sry3dstar]

Fish vet bro has a shitty tank

[@cherylboyd5548]

The best way I've seen 😊

[@veerrajuveerra5479]

what is the tool that used on first trick?

[@jessypriya6013]

How to add water inside the tank

[@pawanchavan3525]

0:44 what's the name?

[@ARC_1250]

What kind of ball valve is it