I don't own a monster tank so I am just winging it here.12 Volt Man;3441551; said:I used to water change a 1500g shark tank at the LFS where I used to work and it was 4 feet deep.
you just need more efficient water change equipment thats all.
eg. a 4 foot python tube to vaccum gravel/sand.
once thats done, get a 3 inch hose and drain away.
its really simple actually if you have the right tools to make it efficient.
toffee;3441619; said:haha you sir are not the lazy ones!
I think you are overestimating how fast the water drains in a big tank. On a 70 gallon tank, I vacuum all the gunk out of the gravel and then set a stove timer for 10-12 min. The stove timer is so I don't forget the tank is still draining. If I vacuum for 10 min and drain for another 10 min... that is 20 min just to reduce the water level to about 50%. Filling takes another 10 min or so... That is at least 30 min to do a 50% water change on a 70gallon tank with a python. It takes a LOT longer to drain the big tanks.Sawyer;3442637; said:I don't see how it takes someone 2 hours for a few tanks if you're using a python. I don't have any big tanks (will soon though) so maybe its harder than I think but I don't see how, the python makes it so simple. Even if I had 6 55-180g tanks I don't think it would take me anymore than an hour to gravel/WC all of them.
I could be missing something here, but how do you dechlorinate the water in this process?sostoudt;3441562; said:to fill up, hook a hose up to your faucet or shower. buy a clamp, clamp hose to side of tank(so it flows in to the tank). sit back relax.
thats how you do it.
it takes me 3 or so hours per big tank(i have four).It take almost an hr just to fill.Sawyer;3442637; said:I don't see how it takes someone 2 hours for a few tanks if you're using a python. I don't have any big tanks (will soon though) so maybe its harder than I think but I don't see how, the python makes it so simple. Even if I had 6 55-180g tanks I don't think it would take me anymore than an hour to gravel/WC all of them. I don't mind though if it would, I think its kind of fun to have my arm in the tank with the fish swimming around my arm. I'd love to have a huge tank/pond that I'd have to swim in to gravel vac.