I've got a python at work that I've used ONCE. For small tanks, I prefer buckets and a siphon and I can net out fish/shrimp if they get sucked in. But then I'm a low-tech person by nature. Betty Goetz > I don't know why you guys don't just use Pythons to change your > water!? Sure the water's straight from the tap, but if it's hard, you > add dissolved buffer in while you fill, if it's not, you're good to > go! Plus no buckets ever again! _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member