Absolutely you need to do some plumbing work so you can refill tanks with warm water.First thing I did in my fishroom was a little custom plumbing for a high flow faucet.Glad the fish are ok.
How I allmost killed my entire tank off today
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That was a close one!
Our house didn't have a sink in the basement, so when my hubby built the fishroom he also put in a tub sink by the washer. It only took a couple hours to do it; he just tapped into the pipes going to the washer, put in some T's to split the water flow, and plumbed the sink from there.
Our house didn't have a sink in the basement, so when my hubby built the fishroom he also put in a tub sink by the washer. It only took a couple hours to do it; he just tapped into the pipes going to the washer, put in some T's to split the water flow, and plumbed the sink from there.
Mudfrog;2540784; said:Thats one of the reasons I added a shop sink to my basement.. the other was lugging 5 gallon buckets up and down the steps while doing 120g of water changes
I knew there was other MFK'ers out there who did this ridiculous act.
I remember when I got my first 29!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was soo excited to fill it up and let it cycle that I used an old milk jug(didn't have a bucket back then) and filled it upstairs and went to the basement to fill the 29. 29 trips later it was filled.
Now I got the old Python thank you Jedidiah!!!!!!!
Wow, close one. Think its time to invest in a longer python or do what they above posters did and install a utila-tub or something. 
Thanks alot everyone-----All the fish are alive. The payara's all have splits in there dorsal and anal fins from the stress I am guessing. So they are getting some salt for awhile. And i am planning my plumbing revamp. thanks again
packer43064;2541499; said:I knew there was other MFK'ers out there who did this ridiculous act.
I remember when I got my first 29!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was soo excited to fill it up and let it cycle that I used an old milk jug(didn't have a bucket back then) and filled it upstairs and went to the basement to fill the 29. 29 trips later it was filled.
man that made me laugh! a buckets like $1! then after all the filling waiting around for like 6 weeks! keen! good on you!
Wow now i can say i have to rethink my system over again. Does your waterline allways put out that cold water? When i do 50% water changes my tank with 2 400w heater stays around 75 or lower now cuz winter time the line are colder. But the last time i did a water change i just installed more heaters... a 150w n 90w raised the temp faster from COLD water.
Also how do those water tap hoses work on sinks? hmm
Also how do those water tap hoses work on sinks? hmm
