Water changes with buckets UGH!

[sonycrr]

Aside from wasting a HUGE amount of water, they are great. As far as changing water in large tanks, ssssllllowwww.

I'm a big fan of big pool hose streached out to the grass. A faucet adapter and garden hose to the sink. Put water conditioner in after you drain and before you fill. My 210 takes me 20min.75%.

how do you get the syphon started with a long pool hose from the tank to the yard? and any one have a link on how to make this set up?

the python does waste a lot of water when draining.

thanks

 

[jcardona1]

people still really use buckets?!?!?!

btw, i like the Aqueon brand better than python. python is built very cheaply and the parts break if you so much as look at them funny.

 

[kevinfleming21]

people still really use buckets?!?!?!

btw, i like the Aqueon brand better than python. python is built very cheaply and the parts break if you so much as look at them funny.

don't be hatin' Jose! If it aint broke, don't fix it! lol

 

[jcardona1]

don't be hatin' Jose! If it aint broke, don't fix it! lol

haha i use the python method on my planted tank. for the 400g, i just opened up the drain on the bottom and let the waterfall pour down the driveway. that is, until i installed the drip system. using buckets on a 400g?...

 

[kevinfleming21]

haha i use the python method on my planted tank. for the 400g, i just opened up the drain on the bottom and let the waterfall pour down the driveway. that is, until i installed the drip system. using buckets on a 400g?...

Well I agree, if I had something that huge....game over with the buckets hahaha your arm would fall off before you were done.

 

[jcardona1]

fixed, see below. what you really trying to say?

Well I agree, if I had something that huge....your arm would fall off before you were done.

 

[kevinfleming21]

fixed, see below. what you really trying to say?

that's just not right.....

 

[jcardona1]

sig'd!!!!

 

[kevinfleming21]

sig'd!!!!

 

[boldtogether]

how do you get the syphon started with a long pool hose from the tank to the yard? and any one have a link on how to make this set up?

the python does waste a lot of water when draining.

thanks

I bought 2x1" 90º, 1" ball valve and som 1" pipe and glued it together. The pool hose fits onto the 1" pvc but I had to warm it in some boiling water to soften it up.
To start the siphon, stretch the hose out and place the pvc assembly into the tank. Go the the other end and suck. Yes, you must place your lips on the end and suck. The long length of the hose wont allow you to get water in your mouth. If sucking the hose to start the siphon grosses you out, you can put a submersible pump into the tank and pump the water out.
Having the pvc assembly in the tank, it is easy to determine excactly how much water is removed by assertaining first how much you want to remove. Then, measure from the top down. LxWxHx7.48 will give you gallons removed. So, if for example, you removed 12" of water(12" down tube) in a tank measuring 2'x2'x7' you have removed 100gallons...50% +/-.
The siphon will stop at the end of the pipe automatically.

Granted this is a very simple and somewhat ghetto way of changing water in an aquarium, but I'm accomplishing two things.
1. 75% water change(150g) in a 210g in 15min.(that includes filling, done with a garden hose and faucet adapter)
2. Water goes on the grass. Nitrate in the water is like steroids for the grass.