Question About Filling A 75 Gallon Tank

[mrcobrajet]

I just bought my 5 Silver dollars a new home. Their new home is a 75 gallon tank. Their old home was a 36 gallon tank which I filled with NON chlorinated spring water. Since this new tank is 75 gal I will be filling it up with tap water. The tap water has chlorine in it. I will be using Prime water conditioner. What is the best way to go about it? Is there any test kit after you put the PRIME in the water so you know it is safe for your fish? Any help would be apreciated on these bigger tanks.THANX
Scott

 

[Questions?]

to fill up my 65 gallon, i used 5 gallon buckets. i also used API test kits

 

[xXKratosXx]

a hose connected to the faucet.

 

[Questions?]

a hose connected to the faucet.

lol, i wish i thought of that

 

[mrcobrajet]

Do they make a chlorine test kit? So you know the waters safe for your fish... Or just put the PRIME in according to the instructions and close enough?

 

[xXKratosXx]

prime before for the volume of the tank, then fill from hose

 

[Questions?]

the Tetra easy strip test kit (i realized i said API before, i am sorry, i meant Tetra) have tests for Nitrates, Nitrites, Hardness, Chlorine, Alkalinity, and ph

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Do they make a chlorine test kit? So you know the waters safe for your fish... Or just put the PRIME in according to the instructions and close enough?

Just dose the prime according to their directions, or add 1.5-2X their dose, if you are overly concerned about chlorine.

 

[mrcobrajet]

THANX

Say I do a water change and take half the water out of the tank... Can I add the PRIME first and then add 37 gallons of water thur a hose? And that it will mix itself as the tank fills up and it will be AOK? Or is doing a 5 gallon bucket at a time, mixed with PRIME better?
THANX

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Let me answer you this way: When I take 50% of water out of my 56 gallon tank, I fill it with a hose and add Prime directly to the tank (just use the dose for the full volume of water in the tank, not just what you are adding). I do the same thing when doing a water change on my 110Gallon tank at work... Same deal - remove water, add Prime to tank, refill with hose.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy!!!

 

[Essjay]

You can add dechlorinator like eaglesaquarium does, add enough to treat the whole tank volume and fill with a hose pipe. Or you can fill with buckets, adding the dosage for the bucket volume to each bucket. With a 75 gall tank, I'd be using a hose pipe, it's hard enough doing water changes on a 33 gall with buckets

 

[mrcobrajet]

THANX!!!