Needs A New Cheap Water Change Method?

[Proxo]

Currently im using 2x25L drums that i stick the end of my gravel vac syphon into and clean away,
once drum is full i empty out back into drain (women complain if i do it down sink lol).
Apart from lifting drums of water, it's not too bad & i dont mind this part...

Here's the problem though, filling the tank back up?
Obv the 25L drums are too big to fit under the kitchen sink & using buckets takes forever!

The kitchen sink has one of them 'mixer' taps on it but tbh it's pretty ******
so im constantly having to check the water temp (by hand).

Anyone got any cheap method of me filling the tank back up that's quick?
- I'm using seachem prime too.

 

[minnnt]

I syphon 25 litres out into a bucket then fill it back up with 25 litres that i have had in a container sat by the radiator for a day. I guess just having it in the room to warm up over night would be fine as it don't lower the temperature in the tank too much.

 

[StandbySetting]

What's the volume of the tank? If the removed volume is less than 25% of the total tank volume I wouldn't bother heating it, there is no need, it wouldn't have a significant effect on the fish, if anything it would emulate rainfall in their natural environment.

 

[Rogue4Fish]

if you've got a mixer tap, does the end screw off? you could get a tap connector and fill straight from the tap via a hose then.

 

[Proxo]

What's the volume of the tank? If the removed volume is less than 25% of the total tank volume I wouldn't bother heating it, there is no need, it wouldn't have a significant effect on the fish, if anything it would emulate rainfall in their natural environment.

240L, been doing large water changes alot recently due to ammonia problems - It's painful moving so many drums of water lol.

if you've got a mixer tap, does the end screw off? you could get a tap connector and fill straight from the tap via a hose then.

It's a mixer tap yeah but the end doesnt screw off, i'd have to find some way of connecting it as this seems like the best option i guess!

I could also empty the tank via a long hose too
but is there any other way of getting it started without sucking on the end like a mad man? lol

 

[BigbruiserAl]

DIY python thread about £20 to make

 

[Proxo]

DIY python thread about £20 to make

Guess you mean this thread?
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/250013-how-to-make-a-%3Cspan%20class=

^ Kinda what i needed, thanks - i'll have to give it a bash!

 

[Davo86]

You can buy a hozelock connector that fixes directly to the tap, then use a length of hose to syphon to a drain and then fill directly from the tap,

clear hose is about £1.00 per meter from an aquatics and attachment is about a fiver

 

[Rogue4Fish]

i kinda made a python but it looked like it wastes too much water so i just suck on the end to syphon, bought some tap connectors to hook a hose up to put it back in- i think 15m of hose from b&q was about 7.50

 

[Proxo]

The tap is wierd man, there's like nothing for the connector to 'grip' onto.
I'll have to have a good look around some shops, see if i can find something that'll fit it!

 

[BigbruiserAl]

The tap is wierd man, there's like nothing for the connector to 'grip' onto.
I'll have to have a good look around some shops, see if i can find something that'll fit it!

I assume you nee this:

http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/HoZelock-Multi-Tap-Connector-fits-mixer-standard-taps-/380331535576?pt=UK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM&hash=item588d86acd8

 

[Proxo]

The tap is wierd man, there's like nothing for the connector to 'grip' onto.
I'll have to have a good look around some shops, see if i can find something that'll fit it!

I assume you nee this:

http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/HoZelock-Multi-Tap-Connector-fits-mixer-standard-taps-/380331535576?pt=UK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM&hash=item588d86acd8

I'll give it ago cheers

 

[coldcazzie]

If the hose is long enough you could try two connectors and use your bathroom taps? I did this when we first moved to this house and the hose didn't fit on the end of the tap in the kitchen (needless to say I very quickly went out and bought a new kitchen tap!) a Y piece and some short bits of hose and I had myself a system where I could attach it to both hot and cold and adjust as necessary.

Hose is definitely the way to go though - throw it out the back door while draining water and use to water the garden plants. You can buy hand pumps to start a siphon - they are like a bulb that you attach to the end of your gravel cleaner or whatever.

 

[Tizer]

i used a 10L watering can to do my water changes on my 240L. It wasnt much fun

 

[Monty-2010]

the hoselock connector bigbruiser suggested is the one i use, just attach it to the end of of the hose and to a mixer tap in the kitchen, tape a soft drink bottle to the other end and you've got yourself a gravel cleaner that you can use to siphon the water straight outside, not the prettiest thing in the world but works a treat