safely filling with a python!

[rweedon]

So it has come to my attention that some of us have just been dumping in a bunch of dechlorinator in our tanks and then filling it with a python!
Want a better and safer way to fill your tank with the ease of filling with the python? me too! so I went to shopko and got a 10-15 gal. rubbermaid tub set it on a couple of 2x4's that had been shortened down. these 2x4's were strategically placed on top of the tank from front to back. I then figured out how much Stress Coat I needed dumped it into the tub andand a cup of salt (I have an archerfish). I then started to fill the tub with 80 degree water and when there was enough water in there I started another siphon that took the water from the tub to the tank directly below it. What this accomplished was thoroughly mixing the salt dechlorinator and water before it hit the tank. The tub functioned as a giant blender for the dechlorinator and any other chemicals, salts, dechlorinators, medications that you might be using.

I hope this helps you
Ryan

 

[rweedon]

don't know if this got lost but does anybody have a better way to PROPERLY fill a tank with a python?

 

[DeLgAdO]

i know that but i lack the space to place a rubber maid

well actually i know where i can put it but my dad would be a dick about it

 

[rweedon]

you take two thin wood planks and set them directly on top of the tank and put the rubbermaid on top of that the next time i do a water change I will try to remember to take pics...

 

[aquatom]

you take two thin wood planks and set them directly on top of the tank and put the rubbermaid on top of that the next time i do a water change I will try to remember to take pics...

This sounds like trouble waiting to happen to me. At about 8.6 lbs a gallon, a rubbermaid container with water would get pretty heavy and aquariums are built to hold pressure from within. They're not meant to bear weight on top of them.

What's the big issue with adding dechlorinator to the water as its introduced? I've been doing that for quite some time without any problem.

 

[hardb0iled]

I add the dechlorinator in as the tank is filling from a hose, I add it where the water is entering the tank so its almost immediately diluted by the water movement from the hose. Never had a problem. I put salt and medications into my sump so its diluted first before going into the tank.

My water changes are about 150-200l so the rubbermaid suggestion wouldnt really be feasible for me

 

[JnASabo]

This sounds like trouble waiting to happen to me. At about 8.6 lbs a gallon, a rubbermaid container with water would get pretty heavy and aquariums are built to hold pressure from within. They're not meant to bear weight on top of them.

I agree. That sounds a little risky.

 

[gomezladdams]

I dont have to worry about dechlorinator i have a private well ,remote secluded area no farming,perfectly clean water.

 

[redtailfool]

Just make sure to put the water back in the tank slowly. Also make sure that the hose is as far away from the water as possible when filling up. This would allow the the water to de gass and be less stressful for the fish.

 

[rweedon]

yeah there was never more than a couple of gallons in the bucket so it does not get very heavy at all...