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Lessons Learned "Quick Hits"
We are soliciting short lessons-learned from hobbyists: events that possibly left you sadder, but measurably wiser. Have a good one? Please send it to the . FYI, the Webmaster is disappointed by the tepid response ... if no one is reading this, lets stop now. Anyway, here is yet another submission from the Webmaster:
Cool idea gleaned from the British Northern Goldfish and Pond Keepers newsletter several years ago:
If you drill small tanks or ponds to have bottom mounted overflow standpipes, and still want to do water changes (or simply drain the water from the tanks), here is a trick. Take a big plastic soda bottle (say 2 liters, or however large needed), cut a hole in the bottom that the standpipe can fit through. To use, push the soda bottle down over the standpipe. It will fill with water. Pull the bottle back up sharply, say half way. Water will flow down the standpipe and a siphon will start. Let the soda bottle back down and water will continue to travel up through the bottle and down the pipe.
If desired, put a few holes in the soda bottle at the level you want the tank to stop draining at. Caveat: the Webmaster has never tried this, but it seems possible and fairly clever. Send a note if you try it and it works!