Huge Water Bucket!

[ATK!!!]

I just found this Extra large gorrilla tub! and was wondering if I could use it for water changes... It's 75l so will be enough for a 30% change on a 200l tank easily But would it work? I was thinking it might leach stuff into the water, apart from that I can't see anything wrong with it... I could siphon water into it using a Python or somesuch, and then just leave it next to the tank until water change time when i use the siphon again to get it into the tank.

Can anyone spot any problems?

 

[SchottayB]

With my dad being a builder, I also used these just not that size .

Never had a problem with it, and it's easier than lumping buckets of water round when you can get it done in one go using one of these

 

[ATK!!!]

Thanks! I'll defo buy one then, at only £10 I'd reccomend them to anyone

 

[micko]

I use one myself. You can get them in B&Q, Homebase and Asda too. Don't know anywhere else that would sell them but I think they're £6 in Asda for a 50ltr one.

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Good luck carrying ~75Kg of water from the bathroom to your tank(s)!

 

[Tizer]

yeah, daft really, way too heavy.

 

[Proxo]

Carrying 25L drums was enough hassle for me (not that i'm weak or anything but it put me off cleaning my tank alot).
You want it easy and chillaxed as possible imo - hose from tap straight into tank is win, dosing
tank is more on the chemicals though but seachem prime goes along way anyway.

I carry buckets/drums for my 90L tank though, upstairs taps are too fancy for all the hose connectors .

 

[ATK!!!]

No you see thats the point. I use the siphon to get water from tap to bucket (already next to tank) Then I simply wait for the dechlorinator to do its thing and then siphon water into tank! Easy peasy

 

[Rorie]

For my breeding tanks, i drain the water into a 30l bucket, in which i have a pump which pumps the water through a hose into the toilet. It works fine. I think put the bucket on top of the tank (with some planks of wood spreading the weight), fill it up, let it sit, then drain it into the tank

That works for me, but having a huge bucket of water on top of the tank the size you are looking at wont work. Other than that, as long as your not planning on moving the bucket once its full, it'll work fine

 

[ATK!!!]

I just hope the floorboards can hold all the weight!

 

[dalethewhale]

sounds pretty good, but i don't quite understand, by 'syphon' the water from the tap to the bucket do you mean like a hose? coz the bucket would then have to be higher than the tank in order to syphon it in... or am i being a bit thick?

 

[scotty]

for my waterchanges all i do is put black pond hose from my tank to the drain,to fill it back up i just connect it straight to my shower adjust the temp and away i go,i just add the dechlorinator as it fills,300 litre water change in 25 mins.

 

[ATK!!!]

for my waterchanges all i do is put black pond hose from my tank to the drain,to fill it back up i just connect it straight to my shower adjust the temp and away i go,i just add the dechlorinator as it fills,300 litre water change in 25 mins.

It's just my opinion but I don't like that idea much, seeing as the dechorinator takes a while to get to each bit of the tap water I believe that you should let it do it's thing for at least an hour before putting water into the tank. I know that many people don't do this but our local water is rather dodgy so I like to edge on the side of caution when doing this.

Oh and dalethewhale you're not being thick at all. I intend to use a powered siphon to get water into the bucket and have it on a stand that is higher than the tank so I can then get the water to flow into the tank. The water bucket will only need to be on the stand for afew hours till the dechlor works its magic, so hopefully I can use some normal furniture to support it...

 

[dalethewhale]

OH i see nowwwww good idea

 

[Mikaila31]

Dechlor works instantly so I don't see the point. I use hose straight from shower to tank. You can't get any easier then that. Leting the water sit in the bin is not going to do much of anything.

Also everyone should know there chlorine content in the water in the first place. I just moved to an apartment so I am off well water and on to treated water again for the first time in 9 years. I took a sample home and tested my new water. Used our spa chlorine tests and both the strips and the liquid test got nothing. Liquid test even went down to 0.2ppm of chlorine. That is the thing there is usually very little chlorine in tap water unless they are using chloramines. Both should show on a test kit though. A regular dose of prime treats 4 ppm of chlorine and 3 ppm of chloramines. People are very true when they say a little goes a long way, especially if you dose what you NEED to dechlorinate. I expect most tap water to have less then 1 ppm of chlorine a full dose isn't even needed.

I think you also misjudge how fast diffusion works. Simple tests can show how fast dechlorinator works if you REALLY want to know.