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You know if you fill the large gravel cleaning attachment with tank water, and then raise it above the water level (like a full glass of water) it will automatically start the siphon for you. Then you plug the end once it starts and stick the gravel cleaning end back in the water and start siphoning.
Seriously it is really that easy! No mouthfuls of water EVER!
That's the method I go with if I'm using a gravel vac, or I pre-fill the hose at the sink. If I'm drawing a siphon manually, I stand with the end of the hose higher than the tank by a foot or two and put my thumb over the end of the hose once the water starts flowing over the edge of the tank (in the hose). You can plug it before it gets to the end of the hose, then lower it into the bucket. It keeps you from funneling your tank like a new pledge at a frat party.
At the end of the last frag show I went to, I saw so many people crouched on the floor next to their buckets trying to gt a siphon started. There were more than a few wet shirts and one person was struggling to get it started because they were flinching and putting the end of the hose in the bucket before the water was even flowing, some PTSD I think.