Moving Water Uphill?

[CezzaXV]

Hey everyone,

I'm beginning to look into easier options for water changes as the possibility of a much bigger tank looms in the near-ish future.

Been looking at various sources on this forum and online generally and coming up with ideas. The main thing I'm wondering about is easier options for getting the water into the tank. Currently I do it with buckets, but siphoning the water back in (I don't like pouring) means getting the buckets above the tank, and I don't like putting that much weight on the lid.

Ideally I'd like some kind of electric pump, but am having difficulty understanding what I'm looking for. The tap is too long a distance away to use a Python.

 

[doresy]

You could try my method of siphoning water back into the tank......

 

[three-fingers]

Put a cheap powerhead in the bucket attached to your siphon tube maybe? Or even a jerry can to do more water at once. I've done this with tall tanks where theres not enough space to pour and it would take too long to do it jug by jug.

A second had £5 powerhead of ebay would do .

 

[BigTom]

Cheap pond pump off ebay, attach to a hosepipe, stick in bucket under a tap, job done

 

[CezzaXV]

A powerhead is something I've heard talked about around the forums, and I know it moves water around, but I've never really looked into what one really is.

Had a look for cheap powerheads on eBay. Say I got something like this, is it as simple as popping it into the water and attaching a siphon hose onto the output? I've got one of those big plastic water containers which I'm considering attaching wheels to as it's quite heavy for me. Would it be possible to run a hose on the input as well or do they need to be submerged?

A cheap powerhead would be ideal if it works. I was looking at proper pumps and they were quite a bit more than I wanted to spend.

 

[three-fingers]

A powerhead is just a small submersible pump (like an internal filter, without the filter bit), and yes it's that simple

You can get pumps that can be used emersed (like an expernal filter, without the filter bit), but they are usually too powerful for water changes on small tanks and are bigger and more expensive.

 

[CezzaXV]

Thank you, you've been a tremendous help!