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I know my 55 is nothing compared to your 225 but when I got an aqueon water changer for my birthday it was so much quicker and made me do more water changes a week. Regardless of tank size I would hate to not use it these days.

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Right now the stock is just a female festae,a Midas, and an eclipse cat. Idk what I'm doing yet. When it's cycled and I can actually add fish we will see lol.


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I just use a regular garden hose and vaccum to do water changes. I run the hose out the door to water the plants. I hate to imagine lifting all those 5g buckets of water. The older you get, the heavier they will become.
 
fishman61 said:
I just use a regular garden hose and vaccum to do water changes. I run the hose out the door to water the plants. I hate to imagine lifting all those 5g buckets of water. The older you get, the heavier they will become.
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Yeah for sure. But the more active you stay the healthier you will be. Sometimes it's better to do things the hard way, your body needs the exercise. I'm only 23 so I have a few years to go. I haven't been able to work out a lot lately cause of school n work so little stuff like lifting 5 gallon buckets helps me out a lot


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I have an Aqueon Water changer and I have to say I was extremely disapointed with it's quality. I keep it outside which may be the problem, but the ball valves on both sides completely siezed up within the first 2 weeks I had it. I had to disassemble and give TLC to get them to move at all.

Second is minor, but if you use in conjuction with a water hose like I do, there is no way to adjust suction/flow except running down to the backyard where the spigot is.

Oh and the clear tube section ALWAYS falls off when I hang up the hose after use. Minor, but irritating that the substrate vacuum section is always in two pieces when not in use.

Also when adding water back in I am probably old-fashioned and possibly for no reason. I let the water settle in buckets and like to de-chlorinate before adding water to the tank. Does everyone actually refill their tanks with straight tap water and then treat? I know it's only a short time but I always thought chlorine was really really bad for fish and even if it was only poisoning them for a short time while I refill, it was still bad. Not true?
 
majorhavok said:
I have an Aqueon Water changer and I have to say I was extremely disapointed with it's quality. I keep it outside which may be the problem, but the ball valves on both sides completely siezed up within the first 2 weeks I had it. I had to disassemble and give TLC to get them to move at all.

Second is minor, but if you use in conjuction with a water hose like I do, there is no way to adjust suction/flow except running down to the backyard where the spigot is.

Oh and the clear tube section ALWAYS falls off when I hang up the hose after use. Minor, but irritating that the substrate vacuum section is always in two pieces when not in use.

Also when adding water back in I am probably old-fashioned and possibly for no reason. I let the water settle in buckets and like to de-chlorinate before adding water to the tank. Does everyone actually refill their tanks with straight tap water and then treat? I know it's only a short time but I always thought chlorine was really really bad for fish and even if it was only poisoning them for a short time while I refill, it was still bad. Not true?
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I have had my aqueon water changer for over 3 months now, never had any problems with the valves or vacuum. Could be due to being outside. I will agree with the spigot aspect but I think that is any sink or hose hooked up water changer. I add straight to my tank with no I'll effects yet, I dose the water with prime and fill away.

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majorhavok said:
I have an Aqueon Water changer and I have to say I was extremely disapointed with it's quality. I keep it outside which may be the problem, but the ball valves on both sides completely siezed up within the first 2 weeks I had it. I had to disassemble and give TLC to get them to move at all.

Second is minor, but if you use in conjuction with a water hose like I do, there is no way to adjust suction/flow except running down to the backyard where the spigot is.

Oh and the clear tube section ALWAYS falls off when I hang up the hose after use. Minor, but irritating that the substrate vacuum section is always in two pieces when not in use.

Also when adding water back in I am probably old-fashioned and possibly for no reason. I let the water settle in buckets and like to de-chlorinate before adding water to the tank. Does everyone actually refill their tanks with straight tap water and then treat? I know it's only a short time but I always thought chlorine was really really bad for fish and even if it was only poisoning them for a short time while I refill, it was still bad. Not true?
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Just treat the tank with Prime before you refill. That's it. Everyone does this with no consequences.
 
adixon816 said:
I have had my aqueon water changer for over 3 months now, never had any problems with the valves or vacuum. Could be due to being outside. I will agree with the spigot aspect but I think that is any sink or hose hooked up water changer. I add straight to my tank with no I'll effects yet, I dose the water with prime and fill away.
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Good lesson for me then!

The valves were just terrible and it must have been keeping it hung up outside that did them in. The valve on the source side broke when trying to work it loose. The one on the siphon side works enough now but I had to take it apart and reseat the plastic ball to get it to move at all. Also I was thinking about replacing the standard urethane tubing to a reinforced or braided line so it didn't flatten out and self seal under vacuum conditions. Or maybe just buy another and keep it indoors. :)

http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-plastic-and-rubber-tubing/=k5lqic
 
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