Maintenance HELP

[bleublaze55]

Hey everyone,

I am super busy and need another way to do maintanence on my discus tank. I am currently using the bucket and syphon method. I can't do this method any more. My tank is about 45' away from my water source... and the worst part is that my water is around 7.8-8.5ph, so i have to buffer every WC, which im doing pretty much daily.

I NEED HELP ON A BETTER METHOD.... ITS EITHER A DIFFERENT METHOD OR I SELL OFF MY DISCUS WHICH WILL HURT ME VERY MUCH.

THANKS EVERYONE!!

 

[Tropicalfishking]

What if you had a 55 gallon drum or something like that filled with water that has been conditioned and buffered next to the tank. You could siphon the water out of the tank by a hose and out of a window?

I you had the 55 gallon drum up higher than the tank you could put a hole on the side by the bottom with a valve. Then attach tubing to the valve and into the tank. Then all you need to do is turn the valve and fill up the tank. Of course then you would have to fill the 55 gallon drum back up...

 

[BODYDUB]

So you have a storage tank to aerate you water? Or just adding chems to buffer it as you do your water change??

 

[yellowpieslinger]

I realize this is old but not a lot of answers here:
I had a similar problem without the ph issues. My tanks are upstairs, bad idea, I know. I run a dedicated water hose through my upstairs veranda and fill up two white 20 liter 'gas can' water containers for holding. I siphon from the tank into a bucket fitted with another water hose in the center of the bottom and run that line to the rain gutter downspout. My siphon end actually fits into the mouth of the hose which creates a stronger suction that pulls the water quicker than a normal siphon out of the tank. For big fish, this is not a problem but for something like guppies... better hold on to the clear line of the siphon or better yet, keep a fine screen on the end, haha.

 

[bleublaze55]

Ive been using the python to drain while i fills buckets with water. Not the best situation but living in a house thats not yours limits the inventiveness of the whole process. I couldn't even understand all the workings of your system, i'd be interested to see some picures. I think my next idea will be to buy a very large tank... 125+ house a ton of LARGE discus, and find a way to have a holding tank underneath that will slowly fill the tank as another SLOWLY drains the tank and flushes it out somewhere... I would have to really draw up some plans for this to work properly. I wish i could do what my breeder friend does and just hook up a pipe to the bottom of the tank and let the B(*$*CH drain! hahaha OH and then use my 400GAL R/o tanks to refill... wouldn't that be nice!

 

[MKD]

My tank is 20' away, well 45' is a little bit far, but here is how i do mine. I bought a hole from homedepot and use the Rio 800 to pump it in the tank. It's slow, but at least the tempeture won't drop a lot.

 

[ar0wan]

soo If you're pretreating water the 55gal drum is the solution
but buckets are for topoffs

 

[cyberhog05]

Get a large garbage can and extend your python to reach from your water source to your garbage can, Fill the can treat the water and then fill your tank via a submersible pump. I bought a submersible pump from harbor freight for 34.99. Its almost 2000gph. you dont have a bathroom thats closer? If you do tee off of one of the lines from there or a laundry room? Ive never been in a house where water is 45' from any room. But then again I live in montana

 

[sniper-sam]

My method for what its worth
I have used this method since moving house in Jan 2009, which was when I upgraded to the Vision450.
Emptying - Eheim filter hose attached to the outlet of one of the filters, hose out the window, open up the filter again and water gets filtered out the window.
Filling up - Garden hose in through the window and into the tank, adding tap safe as the tank fills back up.
I do this once a week and about 40% each time.
The temp does drop but to date has not caused any probs/deaths etc.
I find this method is the easiest for me and takes very little effort as the filter does all the work.