does the pump fit on the outside of the box and only the tube goes into the water? Does the whole thing submerge? I can't picture how this is used.
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Hi Jane, The pump is not submersible and remains outside of the container you have your fish in. The tube is inserted into the water and needs to be held at the bottom of the bucket (or ice chest in our case). We put weights on it to hold it down but monitored it closely as the fish would sometimes knock it loose and the opening of the tube would float to the top where it did no good at all. If we were to use these more frequently we would devise a good, fool (or fish) proof method to hold it down.
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fits on the outside only hose and stone goes in water. the plastic package is used tokeep the motor assembly dry when cliped to your minnow bucket
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Hi Rebecca! We are all naive about things we have never used or done!! The tubing is for air only, it provides the suction from the actual pump to the bottles.
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it is a setup to be placed into your sump. I had mine sitting on the outside with only the pump inside and it did not perform very well. Now I have it inside the sump and it has been working GREAT.Thanks,
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As Jena said... there's an air stone that's kept in the tube, while the actual pump stays on the outside. Luckily, it isn't very noisy :)
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The pump is a submersible pump. It's intake is so large that I don't think you could use it out of water if you tried.
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Yeah I don't think you can fully submerge it. I put mine in deep enough to where the filter slot on top isn't exposed to water and it has worked fine and also the water flowing out doesnt make noise when I do that. why do you want to fully submerge it for?
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yes I ran the pump every day as normal. my wife and I pulled it off on to the grass. washed it down. turn it over folded it up and were able to roll it back up into the package that it came in
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Nope, sorry. It is an external in line pump, works best if below whatever tank you are pumping from.
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it goes inside a fixture made by tetra pond. you pump water through the fixture which is beside the pond
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it works with pump pressure. Attach it to where the water comes into the pool.
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Yes, the pump is fully submersible. The electrical wires are long enough to make the connections above a flooded bilge.
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I measured from the bottom of the pump to the end of the power cord. The pump is submergeable, as is the cord. The measurement was slightly longer than 10 foot. I see no problem.
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I have not submerge it in water. However I've had it out while raining and it got pretty wet outside but not inside. Hope this helps.
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I would say no. It is not sealed for submerging. More intended for surface pumping. It works great!
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This pump is not submersible. The motor and switch are not waterproof sealed. The pump is really designed to be placed or mounted on a flat dry surface
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Its just a bit smaller, thats all, it will work just fine. Also, dont forget to adjust the amount of air in the tank you get, cause this also effects how often the pump goes on. ( this is also a balancing act, with the amount of water pressure you desire)
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Yes, it goes into the main reservoir. I'm not sure of the purpose of this tube. I wondered myself. The instructions are no help either!