Easier way to do water changes??
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arkmann;1394841; said:
The water in San Francisco is pretty balanced and clean....All I use is Kordon's Water Conditioner(3 for $19.99) to treat the water as it fills the tank....Sometimes, I throw in some Black Water Extract.....Bottom line....I fill directly from my main, and toss in the conditioner while filling...Been doing it for 20+ years in the CIty....From fancy goldfish to breeding Pygocentrus Natts....
PYTHON is the only way to go !!!!! I used to do the whole bucket thing and after i got my python i couldn't believe it took me so long to get one....Water changes are a breeze now....
With a python, you connect it up to the tap and turn the tap on. The water flows into the tank. Now, how do you de-chlor the water? Or do the fish have to put up with a few minutes of chlorinated water before it gets de-chlored by one dumping a whole lot of de-chlor into the tank?
Mystix212;1394879; said:
Two ways:
1)Purchase a plastic garbage bin and fill it with water...Let it sit for a week....Stick a pump in the bin, let the water circulate...After a week, fit the correct diameter tubing on the pump and run it throught the back of your aquarium and fill her up with "clean" water...
2)Or what what do....While filling, I toss in the de-chlorination chemical in...
Seems pretty easy in writing, and Im sure its easier in real life. I dont have patience to wait a whole week to do a water change. More or less, I'd just dump in a big load on de-chlor, then start the tap and continue putting de-chlor in every 3 gallons or so. The thing is, I've never seen a python for sale.
They need to put an in-line filter on the pythons,Like a hi-flow carbon filter.The picture at the top of page 2 looks like it has a de-chlor on it!Actually,if you took the gravel tube,filled it with carbon and put a tapered end on both ends,it might serve as a good de-chlor.As to how long the carbon would work,who knows!
