Hello everyone. I have some ideas but I have no idea how to put them into action. I have a hard time staying up on water changes as I hate hauling 5 gallon jugs to the tub and back and dechlorinating them. Plus, I always manage to spill some and get some on the front of the tank so I have to wipe the glass down. My question is how can I directly hook something up to add water while still dechlorinating it? Removing water isn't a pain because I can hook up a hose to the purge valve on my fx5. Also, I don't want to deal with anything risky that could make the tank overflow. Please help. Hopefully I can then pass the knowledge on to another fish lover.
Water change ideas
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I got a garden hose from home depot long enough to reach from my kitchen sink to the tanks, and the tanks to my sliding door on the other side of the living room. I also got an adapter to hook the hose to the kitchen sink.
To start, I'll stick the hose from my siphon/gravel vac into the garden hose, and run it out the sliding door. This way I don't have to haul buckets, because the water is going through the house out onto the patio. Once I'm done taking water out, I hook the hose to the faucet and clamp the other end to the rim of the tank, add dechlorinator to the tank and refill. I change the water on my 210, 90 and 37 in less than an hour.
I hope this is clear haha
To start, I'll stick the hose from my siphon/gravel vac into the garden hose, and run it out the sliding door. This way I don't have to haul buckets, because the water is going through the house out onto the patio. Once I'm done taking water out, I hook the hose to the faucet and clamp the other end to the rim of the tank, add dechlorinator to the tank and refill. I change the water on my 210, 90 and 37 in less than an hour.
I hope this is clear haha
My garden hose matched my double sided basin facet (in my laundry room) perfectly. It also matched the faucet in my kitchen sink. Also, there are adapters that convert faucet sizes as well, if those don't match. In short, you likely have at least one faucet that can be adapted to or already matches a standard garden hose.
Does adding the dechlorinator before hand still keep the fish safe as the tap water comes in?