Can anyone help me locate information on setting up a system for water changes? I figure there is a lot of information out there, but I do not know what it is called (topoff?) to find it.
I have a 75 gallon Discus tank, and need to do frequent water changes. I am in the process of setting up a holding tank (is that what it is called?), which will be a 44 gallon garbage can in the basement to hold R/O water, with a heater and air stone for circulation. There has to be a better way of getting the water back to the fish tank than schlepping up 5 gallon buckets from the basement, keeping the garbage can near the fish tank (very attractive) and pumping the water to the tank, or pumping the water up from the basement (how do you know when the tank is full if you are in the basement?). Using the Python is not an option because my tap water's PH is too high (9.2) for the Discus.
It may be as simple as using a sump with an auto shut off, but I have not used them so I do not know how they operate, and there still is the question of getting the R/O water from the basement to the sump.
I would appreciate any advice, or even suggestions on the search terms I should be using to do a search to locate information on the topic.
I have a 75 gallon Discus tank, and need to do frequent water changes. I am in the process of setting up a holding tank (is that what it is called?), which will be a 44 gallon garbage can in the basement to hold R/O water, with a heater and air stone for circulation. There has to be a better way of getting the water back to the fish tank than schlepping up 5 gallon buckets from the basement, keeping the garbage can near the fish tank (very attractive) and pumping the water to the tank, or pumping the water up from the basement (how do you know when the tank is full if you are in the basement?). Using the Python is not an option because my tap water's PH is too high (9.2) for the Discus.
It may be as simple as using a sump with an auto shut off, but I have not used them so I do not know how they operate, and there still is the question of getting the R/O water from the basement to the sump.
I would appreciate any advice, or even suggestions on the search terms I should be using to do a search to locate information on the topic.
