1.5" ..... eesh... just remember to rig yourself some sort of holder for the end of the hose... ive droped my 3/4" id hose and it takes about 5 seconds to make enough of a mess that ill never make that error again...
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100% water changes aren't necessarily as beneficial as you might think. there's a good chance you're getting a big ph and temp fluctuation at best since you're filling from the tap and not from aged/conditioned water.. 50-60% is the most i would suggest. just more often...
I had airline tubing drain a 10 gallon tank all over the carpet once :O My mom called me to dinner so I set it on the side of the tank... It fell in and the little amount of water already in the line drained it while I was eating...
I actually think I have the solution to the strainer and the whole "drop the hose and flood your house" thing... But it is a little hard to explain so I will have to just show you guys once I get to HD this weekend.
I actually think I have the solution to the strainer and the whole "drop the hose and flood your house" thing... But it is a little hard to explain so I will have to just show you guys once I get to HD this weekend.
pH shifts do not matter, it is the shift in Total Dissolved Solids that kills fish. So pH shifts due to Co2 or o2 in the water line do not matter as long as they start and end up in the livable range of the livestock. That being said, my tanks are the same pH as my tap, and I match the temp before I refill. I use touch to match the temps, but I am always within a degree or 2.
Plus I have 500 watts of heaters on this thing, so any water temp problems (when in doubt I err on the cold side) are quickly corrected. Plus the 100+ lbs of rock and 100+ lbs of sand hold the temp quite well.
Plus I have 500 watts of heaters on this thing, so any water temp problems (when in doubt I err on the cold side) are quickly corrected. Plus the 100+ lbs of rock and 100+ lbs of sand hold the temp quite well.
A little out of my price range, and my parents do not want to run a waterline to the room just for this fish tank (they absolutely despise fish!)...
Though, if I did an automated system I would do a drip system with an overflow in the sump...
Though, if I did an automated system I would do a drip system with an overflow in the sump...
did you buy the home depot black pond piping? is it really flexible?wow_it_esploded;2843952; said:It drained the whole tank in about 90 seconds
I think what he was using is sump drain tubing. It's thinner, lighter weight tubing than pond piping, and more flexible. I used it to make my DIY gravel vac. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209451
I'll give you a few of the problems I had to deal with using a 1" hose to drain my eighty freshwater.
Using a mesh system on one end of the tube simply is not effective. If there's any particle in the water is will jam up fast.
The last time I used it I had a neon dwarf gourami get stuck on the end and in less than ten seconds I had a fish with no scales left on one side. Secondary infection killed him and many of the fish in the tank were smaller. Not powered suction, just a suck at one end and cough out fishwater siphon.
As fast as you can regulate a tank may not be fast enough. Remember stepping into a fridge is fine for you or I but an immediate +-10F change can kill a fish. Not including the acclimation time for a massive environment change. I don't care what you're using to treat, a great big lungful of chlorine is going to do damage even if it's got a chemical nutrilizer right behind it.
Last (but certainly not least) if you screw up anywhere on the way it's no longer a small thing. If you drain to the tub, you lose a fish down the drain or stress it out very badly with a high velocity trip. If you drain it out a window you lose a fish and it's probably dead no matter what. One end comes loose and before you know it twenty gallons of water is on the floor and mum and dad not liking fish becomes no fish in our home.
I speak from experience moving five gallons at a time twice a month. Once to drain the tank (8 trips) and once to refill (8 trips plus temp balancing and water treating) FIVE GALLONS at a time. Remember it's not for your convenience, it is for the health and safety of the fish. Now I do sound like my hippy vegan father. Do the most responsible route for the fish and you'll be fine.
Swim on.
Using a mesh system on one end of the tube simply is not effective. If there's any particle in the water is will jam up fast.
The last time I used it I had a neon dwarf gourami get stuck on the end and in less than ten seconds I had a fish with no scales left on one side. Secondary infection killed him and many of the fish in the tank were smaller. Not powered suction, just a suck at one end and cough out fishwater siphon.
As fast as you can regulate a tank may not be fast enough. Remember stepping into a fridge is fine for you or I but an immediate +-10F change can kill a fish. Not including the acclimation time for a massive environment change. I don't care what you're using to treat, a great big lungful of chlorine is going to do damage even if it's got a chemical nutrilizer right behind it.
Last (but certainly not least) if you screw up anywhere on the way it's no longer a small thing. If you drain to the tub, you lose a fish down the drain or stress it out very badly with a high velocity trip. If you drain it out a window you lose a fish and it's probably dead no matter what. One end comes loose and before you know it twenty gallons of water is on the floor and mum and dad not liking fish becomes no fish in our home.
I speak from experience moving five gallons at a time twice a month. Once to drain the tank (8 trips) and once to refill (8 trips plus temp balancing and water treating) FIVE GALLONS at a time. Remember it's not for your convenience, it is for the health and safety of the fish. Now I do sound like my hippy vegan father. Do the most responsible route for the fish and you'll be fine.
Swim on.
