what are the tools that you guys use to change water? besides the old Python what else do you guys use? I myself use a Python just to suck up the crap on the bottom but the rest of the water is taken out by a 1000gph pump. esp the guys with the big tanks or ppl with combined tanks total of 1000g or more in their homes.
how do you change water?
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I have 30 tanks....The #1 thing that helps. Is a hose long enough to reach all tanks. By hose I mean to fill.....A nice long fat hose to drain is key too....Keep in mind the length you will need to expel water outdoors also from all tanks....Changing water is pretty easy now. a constant drip is my next project.....
I supose this will be finished when? This might be another 'idea that wont happen'.Liam;1634530; said:
I use a bucket method. Lugging them all the way to the garden and back can be annoying.
This sorta thing is a common occurance. Not to be mean, but great idea's of Liams are rarely put into practice. He was going to make this awesome background for his 70, but for an unknown reason, didnt end up doing it.bigspizz;1634630; said:He is your friend....I hope you say sorry when he is done.....
pounder808;1634507; said:
Our tank is bare bottom for easy maintenance. The tank is plumbed with two additional uptakes just off the floor that quickly remove all debris/feces from the tank. In the two years the tank has been running, there has been no debris/feces to vacuum out of the tank. We have extreme mechanical filtration with two spa filters run by a big Hammerhead pump (5800 gph). With additional pumbing and valves on both sides of every pipe, water changes are super easy to do. By opening/closing valves, the same "poop sucker" uptakes quickly siphon water from the tank to a pipe under the house that drains out on the patio. We drain out 200 gallons very quickly from our 300 gallon tank. In our filter room we have a 55 gallon tank sitting on a high shelf. Opening another valve sends the water into the main tank. During the week, it's easy to replace the water lost to fish splash or evaporation. On water change day, we add more conditioner to the tank and turn on the faucet from the utility sink which has a line up to the 55 gallon tank. In this manner, we keep adding water to the 55 g holding tank which is filling the main tank by gravity flow. Once the main mechanical uptake is under water again, we can turn the pump back on and very rapidly pump in the last hundred gallons. We also discovered that we can siphon water from the tank through the return line, which backwashes the spa filters before getting dumped outside. This is pretty limited, however, as the return nozzle is only a few inches from the top of the tank, so is quickly out of water when the tank is being drained. Our system works well for us, and we do not miss the daily vacuuming and water changes that we had to do on the 55 gallon tank our rescued fish came in.
Pumping water back into the tank. Our fish love the turbulent action.
