just inhaled a bunch of tank water.

alix2.0

Active Member
starting a siphon to do a water change.
freaking disgusting.
anything i should be worried about?
 

snakeblitz33

Well-Known Member
hah, it could very well help your sore throat! lol!
I started a siphon one time and sucked in sand in my mouth. Now THAT is disgusting!
 

d-dzel

Member
Originally Posted by Drakken
http:///forum/post/2943814
No worries, fish poop is all natural.

+1
Especially if you think about it this way; you go to a beach, you swim around, you go underwater and accidentally drink some water, now there's a bunch of kids around you, and who knows, one of them might have just let go of his bladder and you don't even know it.
I'd be less worried about drinking water from my tank
 

alix2.0

Active Member
eh, i guess youre right. i wasnt so concerned about poop though. i only have two very small fish. i was wondering more about coral slime and palytoxins and stuff. but i guess being at the beach would be worse.
 

crimzy

Active Member
I say you're not really a hobbiest until you've tasted your tank's water several times.

Sometimes I'll spit back into the tank, just to get even...
 

alix2.0

Active Member
grody. yeah, this isnt the first time its happened, it just the fist time i actually inhaled it. haha. you can bet i drank a bunch of RODI water right out of the tap after that happened.
 

pleasants9

Member
i can top the salt water, one time my bright self decided to siphon gas out of my dirtbike ( the gas had been there a while) i got a nice full throat of old gas. now that prob coulda killed me...haha...
but an easier way to siphon is to put both ends of the tube in the tank and fill it with water or just fill it with waterin the sink and hold your thumb over both ends.then place both ends where you want them and let go, since the tube is already primmed it siphons great
 

coralreefer

Active Member
Originally Posted by pleasants9
http:///forum/post/2943878
i can top the salt water, one time my bright self decided to siphon gas out of my dirtbike ( the gas had been there a while) i got a nice full throat of old gas. now that prob coulda killed me...haha...
but an easier way to siphon is to put both ends of the tube in the tank and fill it with water or just fill it with waterin the sink and hold your thumb over both ends.then place both ends where you want them and let go, since the tube is already primmed it siphons great
lol
 

socal57che

Active Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2943805
There are easier ways to start a siphon.

Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2943779
starting a siphon to do a water change.
freaking disgusting.

Originally Posted by pleasants9

http:///forum/post/2943878
but an easier way to siphon is to put both ends of the tube in the tank and fill it with water or just fill it with waterin the sink and hold your thumb over both ends.then place both ends where you want them and let go, since the tube is already primmed it siphons great
Guys, just put one end in a bucket and the other end in the tank. Point this end into a powerhead. Voila.
 
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