Hello Kym The U shape is where my friend has clear tubing that attaches to a piece of pvc pipe hooked to a 90 degree elbow to a small length of pvc to another 90 elbow to another length of pvc. this makes up the U shape and he just hangs it on the tank and lets the pump do the draining of filling whichever he's doing at the moment. It works great. He use's this instead of a python because of metered water. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!