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[goblin072]

I have 3 tanks at home that I want to drain via pump.

I use to drain into 5 gallon bucket and dump it. I purchased a python clone syphon which allows me to drain and fill my cichlid tanks without buckets. The syphon works off a venturi effect. It hooks to the faucet and can be set to either suck or fill mode.
My sink is higher than the tank so its sucking water up maybe 2 feet. The flow is not that fast for all the water you have to waste for the venturi effect.

I decided that a small electric pump with be better. I don't want to go too strong as it probably will collapse the clear 1/2" tubing.

Which Mag pump with be good? I want to get the #12 (1200gph) so I could use it for mixing too. I think it might be too strong.

I was thinking I could buy some (Drinking water safe) garden hose at home depot. It was 11.00 per 25feet. That would give me better flow for a larger pump and probably would not collapse as easy as the clear tubing does.

Would the garden hose better?
Which Mag?

Thanks!