Water changing question

[itiwhetu]

Would the conditioned water be well aerated when it’s pumped back to the tank?View attachment 149765

Is that your tank filling?, where and when do you add the conditioner?

 

[Byron]

I thought about gettng the python water changer but I just have a normal python siphon.

For smaller tanks and provided you are physically able to carry a bucket of water you can do quite well with the manual water changer and a bucket or two. I had large tanks of 70g, 90g, 115g running and buckets were totally unfeasible. I now only have 20g, 29g and 40g tanks, but I still use the Python because I cannot lift or carry a bucket of water--a 3 gallon bucket of water weighs 30 lbs and after my surgery and given my health, impossible to deal with.

 

[FishHobby99]

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There you go!

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[FishHobby99]

Is that your tank filling?, where and when do you add the conditioner?

Yes, that is my tank filling. I have a 12.5 G cooler in the bathtub.
I fill it with a mixture of hot & cold water, depending on where it’s going.
The conditioner is added while the cooler is filling. Then I plug in the pump & away it goes. Most of the water change system was put together with parts from Lowe’s.

 

[FishHobby99]

For smaller tanks and provided you are physically able to carry a bucket of water you can do quite well with the manual water changer and a bucket or two. I had large tanks of 70g, 90g, 115g running and buckets were totally unfeasible. I now only have 20g, 29g and 40g tanks, but I still use the Python because I cannot lift or carry a bucket of water--a 3 gallon bucket of water weighs 30 lbs and after my surgery and given my health, impossible to deal with.

I went to new & improved system after getting the 90 G. Those 5 G buckets of water weigh 40 pds each, if filled to the top. Too heavy even when not completely full.