I'm struggling with this in my current living situation, mostly on my large tank (180g). In my last house I tied a washing machine hookup into the wet wall under the tank (hot/cold water; drain) and tied it into the filtration lines which made partial water changes very easy. That house now belongs to my Ex wife, and I'm currently in a rental apt, so no options for a nice plumbing solution.
I have several tanks and for the smaller ones I have been content to drag buckets back and forth to the bathroom, though I know I don't change the water as much as I should because of that. But with the larger tank not only would it take way to many trips (especially with what I am now learning about EI techniques and far larger H2O changes than I have been doing), but the canopy on top of the tank makes dumping them in problematic. The easiest way to get water in is to hook a hose to the sink, but that doesn't let me do any kind of treatment to the water as I'm adding it, and if I fill from the sump I'll likely kill off the bacteria in the bioballs if the untreated water gets too high.
I've thought to add a larger container to hold water (like a 55 gallon barrel), but since it would have to also sit in my living room I'm not as keen on that.
Are there some tricks/techniques anyone has come up with in such situations to quickly/easily replenish water in a large tank that allows for conditioning the incoming water?
Derek
I have several tanks and for the smaller ones I have been content to drag buckets back and forth to the bathroom, though I know I don't change the water as much as I should because of that. But with the larger tank not only would it take way to many trips (especially with what I am now learning about EI techniques and far larger H2O changes than I have been doing), but the canopy on top of the tank makes dumping them in problematic. The easiest way to get water in is to hook a hose to the sink, but that doesn't let me do any kind of treatment to the water as I'm adding it, and if I fill from the sump I'll likely kill off the bacteria in the bioballs if the untreated water gets too high.
I've thought to add a larger container to hold water (like a 55 gallon barrel), but since it would have to also sit in my living room I'm not as keen on that.
Are there some tricks/techniques anyone has come up with in such situations to quickly/easily replenish water in a large tank that allows for conditioning the incoming water?
Derek