you may not even need a pump. it you get a very large diameter hose from homedepot it will go extremely fastnitrofish1;3311880; said:ill have to check out whatever powerhead i get, and see what it will hook up to. i end up waiting like 10 minutes for my siphon to finish the job. so far, the maxijet is in
faster water changes
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Lakemoor towards Chicago suburbs?ITHURTZ;3311897; said:I vote 1 1/2" flex hose, suck at one end and BOOM tank is gone, maybe ur fish to if ur not careful
Northern IL are ya? Im in Lakemoor, where you at?
I live in Kirkland, in DeKalb County, small town, about a half hour between Rockford and Sycamore
ah your way west of me, I am in lake county almost boarding mchenry county.
1" hose is a good size, would drain my g/f's 55gallon in not much more than 60 seconds, if that.
1" hose is a good size, would drain my g/f's 55gallon in not much more than 60 seconds, if that.
well i use 5 gallon buckets since im going up and down stairs, and thats real fast for putting the water back, just getting it out takes a long timeNic;3311929; said:
Yeah who needs to work out when you carry 48 pounds of water up stairs. That's how I change the water in 7 of my tanks 2 buckets at a time.
Stick the hose out the window and a drill pump inline with the hose. If you have an electric drill or scree driver it'll be faster and easier then having to plug in your power head.
Drill Pump
http://www.doityourself.com/invt/6265748
Drill Pump
http://www.doityourself.com/invt/6265748
The Maxi-jet 1200 runs at 295 GPH the Drill pump runs at 216 GPH. The further down you dangle the hose out the window the faster the tank will drain, same goes for a larger inner diameter.
I used pumps to do water changes on my 265, too much hassle. Took one of those flapper valve equiped syphon kits put a longer hose on it to reach the ground out the window. 50 Gallons takes maybe 15 minutes. Takes the same amount of time to refill the tank with a Quiet One 2200.
I used pumps to do water changes on my 265, too much hassle. Took one of those flapper valve equiped syphon kits put a longer hose on it to reach the ground out the window. 50 Gallons takes maybe 15 minutes. Takes the same amount of time to refill the tank with a Quiet One 2200.
