Easy Water Changes

[Fish Eat Fish]

I would never spend ten times as much money on a siphon with a pump. You can have the same effect with no plugs or batteries and for the whopping price of $2.00 at any hardware store.

 

[WyldFya]

I would never spend ten times as much money on a siphon with a pump. You can have the same effect with no plugs or batteries and for the whopping price of $2.00 at any hardware store.

You haven't used python units or gravel washers. Both of which cannot be matched by any hardware store.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

You haven't used python units or gravel washers. Both of which cannot be matched by any hardware store.

Im reffering to the electric gravel unit. Pythons etc are another issue

 

[TheFanatic]

You haven't used python units or gravel washers. Both of which cannot be matched by any hardware store.

This is the answer. Just get a python. I do water changes without ever filling a single bucket. I run the siphon hose out the window upstairs or to my floor drain in my basement. Then I attach a t Valve from python to a shower head or sink, get the temp right, put a squirt of amquel into the tank and close the T so that the water runs through the hose.

The last time I did this I took out 6 gallons from my fry tank with month old fry in there and shot straight tap water in with a squirt of amquel ahead of time. Didn't lose a single fry

 

[Titania]

Pythons are god's gift to fish-keepers. I watch TV while I'm doing water changes.

 

[WyldFya]

Im reffering to the electric gravel unit. Pythons etc are another issue

Which are called gravel washers. They cannot be matched by anything in a hardware store. These units can prolong time between water changes by a long shot, if you use them frequently.

 

[xFLEAxx]

okay cool man ill look into them
Im just not sure theyll fit my sink.

 

[TheFanatic]

This is what I do.

 

[xFLEAxx]

haha thats awseome man
im gonna try to steal your idea
haha

 

[AttackFish]

This is the answer. Just get a python. I do water changes without ever filling a single bucket. I run the siphon hose out the window upstairs or to my floor drain in my basement. Then I attach a t Valve from python to a shower head or sink, get the temp right, put a squirt of amquel into the tank and close the T so that the water runs through the hose.

The last time I did this I took out 6 gallons from my fry tank with month old fry in there and shot straight tap water in with a squirt of amquel ahead of time. Didn't lose a single fry

Hmm.
I was always weary(sp? lol) of using a python like that.
I do 35/50% Water changes.
Would this same method work?
Ofcourse I'd be adding more than one drop of dechlor.