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Water changes

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  • 14-04-2013 4:41pm
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    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users Posts: 6,012 ✭✭✭


    Hi lads, Just looking for some advice regarding water changes.

    Getting the water out isn't a problem I just have my siphon attached to the garden hose and I siphon it straight out into the drain in the back garden.

    Getting it back in is where I'm looking for some advice/tips. I'm thinking of filling a 50l bin the night before treating and heating it. Now what I'm wondering is how I will get the water from said bin back into the tank.

    Does anyone know if there is a small water pump I could buy somewhere that will just attach to garden hose and pump the water back into the tank from the bin??

    Thanks.


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    fred funk }{
    Registered Users Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    Get a bin that's small enough for you to lift it and tip the water into the tank.

    This is what I do. I siphon out the water into a 25 litre bin and carry out the back garden and tip it into the drain. I then fill the bin back up with cold water from the garden tap and add a kettle of boiling water to warm it up a bit. I also add water conditioner to the bin. I then tip the water back into the tank.

    During the summer months I don't add a kettle of water as the water from the tap isn't that cold.

    Try keep your water changes simple and easy because you're more likely keep a regular routine if they are.


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    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users Posts: 6,012 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    Just realised I had a spare powerhead lying around which does the job perfectly! No more lifting for me :)


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    Tropheus
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    I've a similar system. I use a water butt to prepare water and heat it over night. I syphon straight out via a garden hose and use a fountain pump to pump the water into the tanks. I can't do much lifting so necessity was the mother of invention for me.


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    BigAl81
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    Hey,

    I got this off Amazon. It's brilliant! Was a real pain trying to lift bins with 30 litres of water up to a height of about 1.5 meters to pour in.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003620LYY/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    It's an electric pump. You put the pump at the bottom of your bucket/bin, and run a hose pipe up to your aquarium, then turn it on, and viola, the water flows in. It takes a bit more than a minute to pump in 30 litres, which is a good balance of speed without too much pressure.

    I did have to buy the hose separately (Seahorse in Dublin) and it was only a couple of euro.

    Cheers,
    Al.


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