"Wasting" water with large tanks

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I just watch the water in the hose and stop sucking once it climbs over the edge and below tank water level. 5-10 seconds before it comes out the end. Still sucking then you deserve a mouthful of fish poo water.
 
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I just watch the water in the hose and stop sucking once it climbs over the edge and below tank water level. 5-10 seconds before it comes out the end. Still sucking then you deserve a mouthful of fish poo water.

Haha, I would agree. I can guarantee I don’t suck on the hose that long. 5-10 seconds is a long time.

Curious...... for those who do the primitive sucking of the hose technique; Am I the only one who cups their hand over the end so their mouth doesn’t actually touch the hose?
 
I like where twentyleagues twentyleagues is going with the aenerobic bb. I tried several methods and all either failed or did work but ended up being too intensive.

Definitely like the pump idea. I drain my 300 and 100 gal sump down to fin level in exactly 9 minutes
 
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At the end of the day there is almost no feasible way to not "waste" some sort of water and be in this hobby. Dumping a few 100 gal onto your front lawn or even down the drain is just unavoidable.

Imo allot of the articles written are laced with political innuendo on both sides. Monsoon in one area drought in another. Hard to say its a fact but some scientists state that our planet has been losing waer ever since large bodies of water existed.

magpie magpie check out California water heist on netflix. Mind blowing man. We stopped buying anything made by the Wonderful company
 

Might be easier to tell with this shot, no holes in the wall, I just open a window, with PVC waiting outside on the porch, after the window is open, swivel and attach the PVC to the threaded line which has a closed valve to the sump and open the valve. Instead of water heading to the sump, it is diverted outside. It of course, would never win a "house beautiful" award
Plant a Passion flower or bush so the pipe is hidden, then collect your reward
 
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I live in a building so hate to say it but most of my tank water goes straight down the drain...

I have a few indoor plants, but mainly succulents that dont need much water and a few carnivourous plants that need “distilled water” so only maybe 0.5% of the water change gets used...
Get more plants that love water, maybe a bald cypress or a potted willow
 
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I dump as much tank water as I can into my front yard,water all potted plants and I keep a bucketfull saved for my dog's drinking water.
 
I use my water changes to flush the septic tank. Being on a well means while I pay for electric (pump) I do not pay sewage which, when I was a city dweller, was the biggest part of the water bill. All that water just returns to the ground from whence it came.
 
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