Water Change Tactics, SW  7/7/08
I have not been able to find out much about this, maybe I'm not searching correctly. What is the fastest way to do a water change? I have a tall 300 gallon tank, and draining is the easy part.
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To replace the water, I climb up a stepladder with a five gallon plastic bottle containing water from Rubbermaid trash cans that have the salt mix.
Difficult and messy. Is there an easier way?
<Sure there is, a few. Perhaps the easiest in my opinion (my method) is to get a dedicated hose ( a garden hose with the ends cut off to fit hose barbs is cheap) and small, large, whatever you want pump. A ball valve on the aquarium end will let you control the flow. Put the pump in your mixing tank, run to the display tank and filler up. If running a hose through your house is not practical or appealing, the same can be done out of each individual 5 gal. next to the tank. It sounds like a pain, but after a while it is nice to just set the bucket next to the tank and pump it in rather than lifting bucket after bucket. There are a few, albeit pricey, automated/semi automated water change systems out there. I just don’t trust automation to this extent!>
Anything you can tell me will greatly appreciated!
<I hope this helps out, Scott V.>

Re: Water Change Tactics 7/10/08
Thanks for the info, Scott. If that garden hose idea works out, I owe you one!
Terri
<Very welcome. One of the key overlooked components to water changes is making them as easy as possible. This way water
changes are more likely to happen routinely. I hope this works out for you, Scott V.>