Bucket fish safe for water changes?
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I don’t see why not. As long as you don’t put anything harmful in it.
Buckets are so yesterday, get with the programme. Save your bucket money and put it to a syphon hose instead.
However, If you must go with the bucket, yes, it is 100% fish safe.
However, If you must go with the bucket, yes, it is 100% fish safe.
Watch your back old timer, lugging buckets of water about at your age and you'll do yourself a mischief.
I fill my tanks up with a hose pipe attached to the mixer taps on the kitchen sink. I get the temperature about right, a couple of degrees either way dosen't matter. As the tanks filling I add my dechlorinator straight to the tank. Always treat for the full tank volume and NOT just the amount you've changed out. As it's filling I occasionally switch my powerhead on to help mix it up. I've never had any issues doing it this way.
If you are talking about using a Python water changer system. You add the declorinator to your tank in the area that the fresh water is coming in at. Half of the declorinator at first, the other half when about 2/3rd refilled. Treat for total water volume, not just the amount of water changed.
That bucket will be fine ?
I'm old school I like to treat the water before it goes into the tank and like to get the temperature as close as possible so I use a bucket. I do two 50% water changes a week on a 125g which takes about 3 hours each time. I've got more control over it that way but that's just the way I do it.
I'm old school I like to treat the water before it goes into the tank and like to get the temperature as close as possible so I use a bucket. I do two 50% water changes a week on a 125g which takes about 3 hours each time. I've got more control over it that way but that's just the way I do it.
So you will be carrying close to 10 gallons of water?! How is that less tiring than close to 4 gallons of water? I have a hard enough time carrying and lifting 4.5 gallons of water.