Water changes infomation

[SR07]

I am thinking of getting a hose pipe to fill my tank up can you just use any hose pipe? Also if I bought a small aquaruim pump (submersible) with some tubing prob need about 20 foot, could I drain the tank this way I live in a flat so would be easy to get rid of water outside

[Rockfish]

Hi, welcome to the forum!

There's no reason why you can't use ordinary hosepipe (as long as it's never been used with any nasty chemicals of course) - it's much easier to do water changes by draining/filling via a hose than carrying buckets around.

You may be able to just drain via gravity depending on the position of your tank and nearest drain, and use the pump to pump the new water back in (if using a storage container).

[SR07]

Thanks good to new

[Carylnz]

I used to do water changes on my cichlid tank using the garden hose hauled through the window (we do not have any additives in our water).