DIY: Stop Your Turkey Baster from Dripping

If you have the Eon 10 gallon Jellyfish System, you may have been using a turkey baster to either feed your jellies or quickly pick up any detritus or uneaten food at the bottom of the tank, or both.  Most turkey basters drip terribly unless you seal the bulb to the pipette.  Once sealed properly the baster creates better suction and you can quickly and easily pick up any unwanted algae or uneaten food and deposit right away into the filter box–no dripping!  This makes for a quick tidying of the tank without having to pull out the siphon tube and do an entire water change.

Using a 5″ piece of electrical tape you can easily solve this problem.  Electrical tape comes in many lovely colors and has the unique characteristic of uniformly stretching and creating a nice watertight seal around the bulb and the pipette.

Step 1.

Cut a 5″ long piece of electrical tape.

Step 2.

Place the 5″ long piece of electrical tape half on the bulb and half on the pipette

Step 3.

Place your thumb on the electrical tape and hold it firmly while firmly pulling on the tape to stretch it.

Step 4.

Continue pulling the electrical tape tightly all the way around to create a nice seal like this!This is easily removed & repeated when you need to clean the turkey baster once a month or so.