How to do faster and easier water changes?

[Slaphppy7]

For some reason I thought Python was a name-brand.

I add conditioner the cooler in the tub before pumping to the tank. I was ok carrying buckets until I bought that secondhand 90 G tank with the 20 G sump tank.

"For some reason I thought Python was a name-brand."

It is....see post #15

 

[Ch4rlie]

"For some reason I thought Python was a name-brand."

It is....see post #15

Yes it is, that’s true, but generally we older fishkeepers who uses such a system calls them python hose system

 

[Slaphppy7]

Yes it is, that’s true, but generally we older fishkeepers who uses such a system calls them python hose system

Why...do snakes suck water?....

 

[ClownLurch]

A poster found a Midlands U.K. firm selling genuine US pythons here at less less than half price about 15 months back. Maaaan I was on it in moments having priced up the separate bits too make my own and found it was almost as expensive taking p&p into account.
I now realise I don’t need the specialist tap end for both emptying and filling. Suffering from bad asthma I didn’t think I’d have the puff power to create a draw over 15m but it turns out I easily have.

 

[AbbeysDad]

Partial Water Changes - Fast and Easy

 

[itiwhetu]

Garden hose in the window, let it rip. 25% water changes. Give it a squirt of dechlorinater. It will be fine. Be careful of big water changes.

 

[FishHobby99]

So i have a 55 gallon and water changes were a pain before with my little 5 gallon bucket back and forth in the yard. Unfortunately, i now have knee braces that i have to wear nearly all the time and my knee pain keeps me from properly lugging around a bucket for 6 times back and forth. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do these faster without hurting my knees?

This is conditioned water running now from cooler in tub to tank. The pump cost $15 at Lowe’s. Forgot cost of hose. Think sold in 10 ft lengths. I’m riding an exercise bike & watching it flow. Beats carrying buckets!

 

[Ridgerunner]

A python hose system works really well, I used my own DIY python system all the time for my water changes.

This is a system using a long hose to go from kitchen sink or bathroom to the tank, and using a universal pump you can take the water from the tank to the sink or bathroom and if you can attach the hose from tap to the tank, the water pressure from taps will simply go through the hose to the tank.

Be mindful you'll need to keep an eye on the tank while you're doing this but once you get a system up and running and with a few tweaks here and there, you'll be thankful for this system, a real back and time saver tbh.

You could try something like this -

[Tutorial] Diy Python System

No more buckets water changes! AKA DIY Python system Hello everyone! The brief context of this tutorial is this:I have a 60L tank which is slightly on the overstocked side, though I plan on getting a much bigger tank in the coming months. For this reason, water changes have become a big thing...

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I love my python. It's so easy to do water changes quickly.

 

[Fishmanic]

Many member including me, change 50% or more of the water for weekly water changes. That removes a good portion of the fish waste in the tank.