Silly Water Question

[blakestreet]

If I am putting in a new substrate for live plants, how do I add water without blowing up the layout?

I have read the plate thing, but how do you do that witha bucket from 18" up?

[Drumachine09]

Magic? When i start up new tanks, or do really big water changes (first of all, when doing big water changes use at least a 5 gallon bucket, it makes it go faster), but i hold it up high above my tank and use a peice of large bore vinyl tubing and siphon it down onto a side wall or a plastic tupperware.

[blakestreet]

Duh....just resyphon out of the bucket.....

Thanks! Not wearing my engineer cap today....I knew I was going to get a simple answer....

[puddlekeeper]

:wink2: OMG!

If you find your hat - see if you can spot mine!

2 of my tanks have sand and I still drew a blank!

[RobbieG]

I have a big fake stump that I pour the water onto. But the resiphon idea seems much easier, thanks!

[Severus]

And the easiest idea is....

A Python!

[hungryhound]

And the easiest idea is....

A Python!

It definitely is.

back when I was pouring with a bucket I used a piece of tupperware that I poured it into. It helped when my wife would hold the tupperware, but I was still able to pour it in on my own when I had to.

[crackatinny]

I do the same as Robbie, pour it over a log or rock or some decore slowly. Anything to break the fall of the water.