I use 2 5 gallon buckets to change water in my 125. As I siphon the water out, I'm also vacuming the gravel in my tank. I do 30 gallons each week, and add Amquel and Stress coat to each bucket as I fill it. While I am pouring in one bucket, the other is filling. It takes about 40 miniutes to do the water change. If I am cleaning filters, which I do every other week, it tales about an extra 30 minutes. I have three filters on my big tank, so I do one each week, with one week off each month. Keeps the aquarium clean, and the fish happy.
water change help!
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I agree; someone said they don't use conditioner anymore and they don't notice a difference. This may be true in this persons particular situation. The water supply in his/her area may be completely different than yours is. His city/town may or may not use chloramine, yours may.
In my view, water conditioner is so cheap that its a little bit crazy not to use it. Chlorine WILL burn your fish more or less depending on it's concentration. Also, the concentration of Chlorine/Chloramine in your water today may be completely different tomorrow. In my area, levels in the spring seasons are MUCH higher, because our water supply has a spike in bacerial levels throughout the spring and summer (comes from a lake). Seems logical right?
So, it may work today, next week and for the next few months and then BAM, sick fish.
So, I say its better to be safe than sorry. (Actually sounding like my mother there)
Good luck.
Undey
No one here uses a Python? 
If I didnt have one, there is no way I could do the WC's on 6 tanks. Itll change your life! (like TIVO) And save your back! Once you have tried a python you never lift a bucket again ,,they come in 25ft 50ft ect.it ataches to my kitche sink .I can take 30 gal of water in minutes with no mess .then put 30 gal back in same time .its is the best invention ever........also buy it online its have the price of LFS
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FishHeadSoup
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I love my python!!!
Attach to your sink, match the temp. then switch it on to add directly to your tank, while adding chems during the water addition!
Takes me 2 hours to do a 80% water change on my 180. With buckets it would take me 2 days!
Attach to your sink, match the temp. then switch it on to add directly to your tank, while adding chems during the water addition!
Takes me 2 hours to do a 80% water change on my 180. With buckets it would take me 2 days!
the larger the tank, the less impact the temperture difference will make. (Obviously try to adjust to match.) I will grant you: if you add 1 gallon of colder water to a 10 gallon tank, you can make a sudden change. but this is monster fish keeper.com
That is why I Have my 40g and 29g tanks on a single system of 90 gallons total. The larger the tank (system) the less likely a quick change in anything, reguarding water quality.
I would not keep fish if I did not have a python.
i use the bucket for vacuming. but for water changes i use a small siphon hose ran outside and a garden hose turned slow enough that it siphons and fills at the same time.
i handbomb 5g buckets for my 55/75 and put a little prime in.
i wanna build a python but the tanks are downstairs and im under the impression it wastes alot of water if the tank is below the sink used.
i wanna build a python but the tanks are downstairs and im under the impression it wastes alot of water if the tank is below the sink used.
This is what I do...and I use dechlorinator no matter how much water I change, 10% to 90%. Garden hose on one side, and clear hose (1" size from Home Depot) for $30 bux for 50 feet. But gotta use the dechlor, and add the right amount of salt. Chlorine evaporates after a while, usually overnight, that's why pools have to be maintained using chlorine tabs. Chlorine is a bacteriocide, which means it kills all living things...it is toxic to living things in certain doses. Dechlor is a must when changing water. To each his own.
True, but you can start a siphon and take it to dump in your sump pump in your basement, than use the python to refill the tanks. That is what I do in my basement. (no sink in basement)
