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Im needing to upgrade my 5 gallon bucket, dinky siphon water change method so it takes less time when I do change the water.
Does anyone have an example(photo) of there water change setup/system??

Thanks in advanced!
 
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I drilled a hole at the point that I wanted to drain my tank for water changes, put in a a bulkhead and ball valve. Attached a hose to the other end. Now I just open the valve, drain off what I need to change and then refill out of my 40 gal barrel via a mag pump and another hose to my sump. Takes about 10 minutes total.


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charlieborg said:
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I drilled a hole at the point that I wanted to drain my tank for water changes, put in a a bulkhead and ball valve. Attached a hose to the other end. Now I just open the valve, drain off what I need to change and then refill out of my 40 gal barrel via a mag pump and another hose to my sump. Takes about 10 minutes total.


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Thats imppressive!!!
 
I'm in the process of building out my mixing station that will make my wage changes easy, I'm also relocating my sump to a different side of the house so that I have more room. I'll be using a ball valve off of my return pump to pump old water out and a large mixing pump to fill back up. I was hoping that mine will take about 10 minutes, we'll see.

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Wish I could help. The only thing that's change for me in the past 20 years is that I added a powerhead and hose to pump the new saltwater in to my sump. Other than that, it's 5g buckets all the way. I only do 10g water changes so it's not that big of a deal and I consider it exercise. I'm bumping this in case anyone else has additional info.

My favorite water change system is owned by @jessezm Basically, he has a large aquarium plumbed into his whole system that is noting but water. When he does a water change, he closes the line to the aquarium (50g?), drains it, adds fresh saltwater and opens the line back up. It's a whole big aquarium just for water changes, it's pretty cool and takes him around 10 minutes to complete.
 
Yep, actually only takes five minutes for a complete 60g change! The beauty of it is also that the tank collects detritus that settles out over the two weeks between changes, and I can just swirl the water and evacuate everything in one go. Because the tank is tee'd off in line with the drain on the way to the sump, I can isolate it, and water just redirects to the sump directly while I'm draining the 60g cube. This way, I never even have to turn off the main return pump, and when I open the valve again, the new water mixes slowly with the rest of the system so it's not a shock.

I don't know if you have the space to do all this, but if so and you're interested, I can take some pics. But all of this is in the basement fish room, and the display is directly on the floor above.

jcook54 said:
Wish I could help. The only thing that's change for me in the past 20 years is that I added a powerhead and hose to pump the new saltwater in to my sump. Other than that, it's 5g buckets all the way. I only do 10g water changes so it's not that big of a deal and I consider it exercise. I'm bumping this in case anyone else has additional info.

My favorite water change system is owned by @jessezm Basically, he has a large aquarium plumbed into his whole system that is noting but water. When he does a water change, he closes the line to the aquarium (50g?), drains it, adds fresh saltwater and opens the line back up. It's a whole big aquarium just for water changes, it's pretty cool and takes him around 10 minutes to complete.
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Left barrel is RODI, right is salt mix, both with pumps and quick disconnects for the Python to refill. RODI barrel has a powerhead on a switch to transfer to mixing barrel. Mixing barrel pump is plumbed for recirculation (when plugged into a timer), or re-filling tanks with Python (when plugged into remote control 110VAC receptacle).
 
Anyone have a smaller Water Change setup they can show? These are all impressively to much for my current needs or also $$ I would like to spend!
 
bhodges82 said:
I will hopefully be plumbing this up Sunday.. Fresh on top, mix in the bottom, ro unit on the side.
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Nice!!! That looks pretty realistic for myself to setup!! Let me know when you have all the plumbing installed; Id love to see a finished pic?

What size buckets did you use before these?
 
Todd13189 said:
Nice!!! That looks pretty realistic for myself to setup!! Let me know when you have all the plumbing installed; Id love to see a finished pic?

What size buckets did you use before these?
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Before this i had a 27 gallon Rubbermaid tote that i would use for ro and 50 gallon tire for mixing, i would mix 40 gallons so I had to fill the ro container twice.

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bhodges82 said:
Before this i had a 27 gallon Rubbermaid tote that i would use for ro and 50 gallon tire for mixing, i would mix 40 gallons so I had to fill the ro container twice.

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Gotcha!! You till using that 27 gallon container?
 
I have a Grease pencil mark on my tank , I set my drain tube to that mark with my fancy clothes pin and let it rip in to a 5 gallon bucket . Then pour 5 gallons in by hand. But I have a little tank .
 
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