Easy Water Change

[carpking]

Hi All

Just a quick one im sick of doing the bucket thing and want to connect a hose from my kitchen sink to my tank.

How my tap safe do i add if take 45l out do i add enough for the 45l or do i add enough for the whole tank (200l) and do i just pour it onto the surface of the water?

Thanks in advance

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

You put just more than enough for 45 liters and yes. Try to pour slowly to make sure you dont disturb the gravel or fish

 

[Ch4rlie]

I use the hose method for water changes as well.

When I refill the tank, I slowly fill the tank at a low flow trying to keep tank temp pretty steady, a couple degrees cooler won't do any harm to your fish as long as not too fast.
As for dechlorinator, I dose to the whole tank volume, in your case dose for whole 200 litres not just for the 45 litre water change.

Just add this before you add water or at beginning of refilling water which I do.

Reason for whole tank volume dechlorinating is the fact while adding water there are reactions in water with chlorine and chloramine etc to tank water. In buckets you add the dechlor so that water has already been treated before adding to tank so not so much reaction if any compared to tap water straight to tank.

 

[star4]

I use the hose method for water changes as well.

When I refill the tank, I slowly fill the tank at a low flow trying to keep tank temp pretty steady, a couple degrees cooler won't do any harm to your fish as long as not too fast.
As for dechlorinator, I dose to the whole tank volume, in your case dose for whole 200 litres not just for the 45 litre water change.

Just add this before you add water or at beginning of refilling water which I do.

Reason for whole tank volume dechlorinating is the fact while adding water there are reactions in water with chlorine and chloramine etc to tank water. In buckets you add the dechlor so that water has already been treated before adding to tank so not so much reaction if any compared to tap water straight to tank.

Do your fish not go absolutely crazy with dosing the full tank volume? 

 

[the_lock_man]

You put just more than enough for 45 liters and yes. Try to pour slowly to make sure you dont disturb the gravel or fish

 
NO!!!!!
 
Dose the whole tank volume.
 
THis is one of the advantages of the bucket method - you use far less dechlor.

 

[paradiddle]

+1, add for the whole volume of your tank when you start filling your tank back up, dose the whole tank, it wont hurt your fish, you can never "overdose" standard dechlor's unless your that daft you dose for a tank 40x your size...
 

 

I use the hose method for water changes as well.

When I refill the tank, I slowly fill the tank at a low flow trying to keep tank temp pretty steady, a couple degrees cooler won't do any harm to your fish as long as not too fast.
As for dechlorinator, I dose to the whole tank volume, in your case dose for whole 200 litres not just for the 45 litre water change.

Just add this before you add water or at beginning of refilling water which I do.

Reason for whole tank volume dechlorinating is the fact while adding water there are reactions in water with chlorine and chloramine etc to tank water. In buckets you add the dechlor so that water has already been treated before adding to tank so not so much reaction if any compared to tap water straight to tank.

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Prime is only safe for 5x the water volume and when you do daily changes you do not want to overdose as it is active for 24 hours