Changing the water. A concerned question.

some of you guys make so much work for yourselves with these buckets and aging water etc all you need is a python to get the water in your tank and just add water conditioner while filling up - saves so much time/work
 
LMOUTHBASS said:
some of you guys make so much work for yourselves with these buckets and aging water etc all you need is a python to get the water in your tank and just add water conditioner while filling up - saves so much time/work
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This is how I do it..........you can even empty one while the other is filling.


MikeO said:
I might be adding work for myself but my fish are worth it. I also enjoy doing this stuff to maintain the tank, so any excuse to do more work on the tank it worth it to me.
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I only do 3 tanks right now but I'm sure people that have many more tanks then I do ( I'm up to almost 200 Gallons, depending on fish I have) can't change water bucket by bucket. I use both methods so its not what works its what works for you.
 
MikeO said:
I might be adding work for myself but my fish are worth it. I also enjoy doing this stuff to maintain the tank, so any excuse to do more work on the tank it worth it to me.
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And I'm not neglecting my fish in the least by using a python - they're very common - perhaps you misunderstood, you will get the same results using a python as you will by hassling yourself with the trouble of filling up 5 gallon buckets with water - with the python I hook a hose to my sink and simply run water into my tank - as i do this i dechlorinate the water - it works great and is so much more efficient than the bucket filling method - in fact if anything it's better for this fish because they don't have to endure as much stress either being moved out of the tank to change water or waiting longer for the water to be re-filled via bucket - it makes changing the water a more manageable task, and i enjoy doing it as well - it's worth it to me also - i take great care of my tank
 
I was not saying you don't take care of your tank. I think we might just have been missing each other as we were talking. I was just suggesting to the person that aging the water will do the same as a cemical aditive to the water to dechlorinate the water.
I was not trying to attack you, if you think I was I truly appologize to you for giving you the wrong impression.
 
I change about 30% of my water every Sunday. I use the water DIRECTLY from the tap and I don't treat ANYTHING. I agree with another poster that some of these people make it seem as if it's ROCKET SCIENCE in dealing with EVERY ASPECT of keeping fish! I've had my fish going on 5 years now and had them since they were babies. They are all huge and healthy adults now.
 
Re: Aging water for partials. I do this routinely, have done for some time, and have absolutely no intention of discontinuing the practice. I use the Python to remove old water from the tank, refill with aged heated and chlorine-free water from the reservoirs (meaning that I do not have to add thio and slime coat garbage to my tanks), then refill the reservoirs -via Pthon - to be available again in 48 hours. I much perfer to not to add materials to my water which I do not need and which do nothing needed for my tanks or fish.

That is personal choice - but it ensures that I cannot make mistakes in addition, as there are no water treatments required, and the water temp is known to be correct before it is pumped. To me it is cheap insurance and cleaner tank water. For various reasons many do direct addition, and that can be done safely, but to me it not quite the same as de-gassed, heated, aged water. BTW, I'm running hundreds of gallons of water.
 
I've reread the entire thread and I fail to see where anyone has made changing water seem to be 'rocket science.' :huh:
Seems very elementary to me.
Also to me, changing water using the bucket method is hardly a hassle. It takes me about 15 min to clean and do a 50% water change on a 55g tank. Very easy.
I'm not knocking the use of a python either, however. If you prefer to use it, then by all means..use it. If I had a huge tank(120g+) or numerous tanks, I'd probably use one as well.
Also, I would never risk adding untreated tap water to my tanks...especially if it contains chloramines like my tap does. Just not a risk worth taking, IMO.
 
Maybe this is a dumb question, but if I change 12 gallons of water from my 50 gallon tank and replace it with another 12 gallons of untreated water, how much chlor-out should I use? Just the same as I would use as if I was treating the 12 gallons before mixing it with the old water?
 
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