Help with water change

[Becikeja]

Just went from a 30g to a 125g tank. Water change process just got a lot more difficult. Taking 25% of the water out is easy. Set in the siphon and watch it run. Filling it up has become a pain. My current process is to use a 5g bucket. I take it over to the sink, get the temperature as close as I can by feel anyway to the temperature in the tank, squirt a little stress coat in the bucket and all is fine. With a 30g tank, this was no problem,. But now with the bigger tank, it's a lot more trips to the sink. I thought about attaching a hose to the sink, but not sure how I would mix in the stress coat. Does anyone have the magic SIMPLE solution?

[Lady Hobbs]

With a tank of that size, you really need a python that goes right from your sink to your tank.

You also need to do larger water changes now. 25% of that large tank is hardly nothing at all and not beneficial as it would be to change half or even more.

[Becikeja]

Help me with the logic, 25% water replacement is 25% water replacement no matter how big the tank is. I have always thought the water change was to remove and/or dilute the waste floating in the water. The replacement and/or dilution would be the same.

What's a python, and how does that mix with the stress coat?

[squirt_12]

you could squirt the stress coat right into the tank before you add the water....that way as soon as the water hits the tank water it will mix. The fish will be fine for a couple of minutes in the new water.

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there ^^^^ is a picture of what a phython (SP?) looks like.

[A340]

You also need to do larger water changes now. 25% of that large tank is hardly nothing at all and not beneficial as it would be to change half or even more.
I'm a little bit confused on that one as well.

I'd take everyone else's advice, for a large tank like that (assuming it's freshwater), get a python. Just hook it up to your sink faucet and it'll drain the tank in the sink and with the twist of a know, it'll refil the tank with fresh, clean water. As for the conditioner, I'd just add a couple of dosages every couple of minutes or so that way it can mix.

Think that's as simple as it gets. Unless, you figure out how much money you'd save by using the old bucket system, that way you wouldn't have to sign up for a gym membership ... lol! :hmm3grin2orange:

[Becikeja]

I never considered the Gym membership angle. Maybe I can actually get people to pay me to change the water. What an idea?

Thanks for sending the Python pic, basically just a hose with a siphon attachment. I think the hose is the way to go.

thanks,

[Tigerbarb]

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Why not just not add any new water at all to the tank? It makes the fish stay in one place, so you can observe them better, and they don't reqire feeding, or anything else. Your fish will just stay on the bottom of your aquarium floor, and they will not require any care.