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keeno
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Joined: 28 Oct 2007
Location: San Jose, CA
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 Posted: 2008.03.05(Wed)5:26 Post subject: DIY python |
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I've been hearing about this around and about on the forum... and I can't buyh pythons here in korea, so I was thinking about a DIY one to build here or at least when I move back to teh US.
Bear in mind that I am on an allowance budget for ALL of my fish stuff and I am a scrooge. |
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nikelodeon79
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Joined: 08 Nov 2007
Location: Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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| Posted: 2008.03.05(Wed)8:26 Post subject: |
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Here's a topic I posted on the subject, and got some good responses: http://www.aquahobby.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=48933
Just a comment: I've seen you harp on others about using the search function:
| keeno wrote: | | dude... I don't want to be rude but you need to look through the other 300 topics that deal with this subject in the chemistry and eqipment forum.. or use "search" |
So I'm wondering why you didn't follow your own advice? 
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keeno
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Location: San Jose, CA
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| Posted: 2008.03.11(Tue)2:11 Post subject: |
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| Uh,.... I don't use the word dude, Nik. Where did you get that? Plus, I don't frequent the CHem and Equipment forum soo... does that mean someone is impersonating me??? |
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nikelodeon79
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| Posted: 2008.03.11(Tue)8:00 Post subject: |
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| keeno wrote: | | Uh,.... I don't use the word dude, Nik. Where did you get that? Plus, I don't frequent the CHem and Equipment forum soo... does that mean someone is impersonating me??? |
Whoops!  My bad!! I must've been really, really tired the day I wrote that. It was actually another member who wrote the quote I posted.
Anyway, sorry again and I hope the link I posted was at least helpful, even if my attitude was not!
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Shai
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Location: Calgary, AB
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| Posted: 2008.03.11(Tue)19:08 Post subject: |
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A number of responses in that thread indicated it would cost the same/more to build your own python than to buy one and I really have to caution that this depends on where you live. Due to the configuration of my home I needed a 50' Python and here this costs almost $100. I built my own for a quarter of that cost using these instructions.
Good luck, they're wonderful!
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keeno
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| Posted: 2008.03.11(Tue)20:55 Post subject: |
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| Thanks everyone! |
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Austinv
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: 2008.03.11(Tue)21:23 Post subject: |
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I built the DIY Python using the instructions from the cichlid site above. It works great and everything can be found very easily.
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krt
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Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: bedford, virginia
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| Posted: 2008.03.11(Tue)22:29 Post subject: |
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haha Nik- that was my quote... someone just caught me on a bad day with their substrate changing question... I mean- it's stickied! and it has been talked to death on this forum, dug up, re-animated and talked to death again!
*EDIT- just so I can pretend this is on-topic- the second choice for a DIY python looks much easier to do IMO |
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Argentis
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Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: 2008.03.18(Tue)15:15 Post subject: |
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Hi, I just wanted to mention that I've heard that some garden hoses are infused with anti-algae chemicals that might harm the fish and plants in your tank. I'm just going by what I've heard, but wanted to mention it, since I didn't see that in the article.
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strawberry99
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Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: 2010.01.06(Wed)19:14 Post subject: DIY Python. Waterbed fill & drain kit???? |
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| Austinv wrote: | | I built the DIY Python using the instructions from the cichlid site above. It works great and everything can be found very easily. |
May I ask where you managed to find the waterbed fill & drain kit (blue thing). I stopped by my local Walmart tonight including my local hardware store (Home Depot), and did not manage to find this "fill & drain kit" adapter. Plus is there a way to contact the author of that DIY Python article?
http://www.aquahobby.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=50515&highlight=python
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_python.php |
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