Indigo's Semi-Automatic Water Change System (56K)

[imeridian]

Originally Posted by mistergreen

what takes care of the chlorine?

I dose with Prime for the aquarium volume prior to refilling.

Originally Posted by imeridian

I, also, of course, put my 2 capfuls of Prime into the aquarium.

[mistergreen]

ah, sorry I missed that.. Thought you have a house filter that takes care of the chlorine.. Prime might be cheaper though.

[imeridian]

Oh, yes, much less expensive than replacing carbon blocks or the hassle of using RO, especially considering my tap water has a TDS that would make many RO units envious. It helps to purchase prime in 2L jugs when on sale too.

[fish-aholic]

Where do you store the hose when you are not changing water?

[imeridian]

I coil it up behind the stand.

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

this is neat, but i cant see where you benefit over using the standard python the way it is intended.

it still has to be attended, i would still need to add dechlorinator, check the temp, pull out the hose, play with the sink and then coil up the hose and put it away, and be there while all of that is happening.

the only difference is that i throw the other end of the python tube into the tank instead of turning a ball valve

[imeridian]

This method is significantly less work than using the python with the siphon end in the tank.

I hook the hose up, turn a valve, and then can continue about my business instead of standing there with my arm in the tank while I drain 37 gallons of water, and then again while I refill.

I don't get wet, the floor doesn't get wet, I don't suck in fish, and it's also a lot faster when you have a pump draining the tank instead of relying on suction/gravity alone.

The idea for this came from seeing folks make siphon tubes out of PVC so they could do water changes with minimal attention, I decided why not simply use the one already in the tank and also speed the process up with the filter pump instead.

The benefits are abundantly clear to me.