Aquarium Water Refill - Fast And Easy Method (Water Pump)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- There's an easier way! Your Aquarium Water Refill doesn't have to take all day. And it also doesn't have to waste a bunch of water.
Using a water pump can save you a bunch of time, obviously. But I'll also show you my method of refilling your tank just as fast as you can drain it.
And when you need to vacuum your substrate I have a great method of vacuuming while your tank is FILLING with water! Check it out here - • Aquarium Vacuum - (A b...
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Alright man, my next tank is an African Cichlid tank.
So I will stay turned.
Semper Fi
Awesome, you'll love them! OHH RAA
I’ve seen many people offer ideas for better fish keeping, but you have to be the best in my opinion. You really care about the hobby and those trying to strive in it. Thank you so much for all your genius and proven ideas.
I really appreciate that! Thank you so much!! 😁💪
Love this video!! I went from using buckets to using a python connected to my sink thinking that was a game changer😂 I was wrong, now I’m about to upgrade to this!! This is THE game changer!
yup, for sure! lol Glad it was helpful! and when you need to gravel/sand vacuum I still use python for that, but I have a better method as well...check it out here - th-cam.com/video/gmb6jEqPOhg/w-d-xo.html
I won't have to drink the fish tank water anymore.
🤣🤣🤣
🤣 Lol
Hahahahhahahah!!
This has to be the best info I’ve heard since owning a tank, I’m getting that water pump ASAP!!!! Thank you sir!!!👍🏿👍🏿
My pleasure bro! Using my affiliate link in the description helps to support the channel, thanks in advance 😁💪
Now that's some dam good info im going to get me one i have a 240 it takes all day
Thanks bro, you're gonna love it!
Lol and I complain doing a 55 gallon
I'm so glad you turned me on to this a few months ago Kev. Life is so much easier. I even put on a U-bent elbow with a piece of tubing down to exactly 50%, life changer.
Nice!
I love how you explain everything you do as you're doing it!
Thank you - Glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos are so precise and clear. Thank you for helping so many people including myself.
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Kaveman your channel, tips and experience is appreciated and some of the best around!! Thanks again for all you do! 👍😁❤️🐟
Thank you so much! I appreciate that! 😊
Thank you for this! I just set up a big new tank and I was not looking forward to lugging those buckets. Very helpful!
Very welcome!
Love this guy, always awesome useful information. After watching his video, I started using a pump and I aint going back to wasting our precious resource
bro thank you for keeping it simple and real. I always leave your channel enlighten and knowing exactly what to do next.
Keep up the awesome work kev!! Best fish keeper on TH-cam 👍👍
Wow, thanks!
That’s how I do my water changes… LOVE IT! Great info!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
This man is real and his videos are as down to Earth and helpful as it gets since he links everything you need.
Thank you bro! Glad you’re enjoying the channel! 😊💪
My unk has been doing his changes with a pump for years he use to do the whole siphon thing prior its a true game changer thanks for the heads up KEV 🐐💙
Smart Unk! 😊
Dude you are so freaking dope. Just bought my first tank about a month ago and knew nothing. Been watching your channel and have learned so much. Its just a little 20 gallon tank which turned out to be far more gorgeous than I thought such a small tank would be. I added bottled bacteria and a couple fish flakes every day for about a week. The tank cycled in about 3 weeks, which I was ecstatic about because everyone was saying it would take like 1-3 months to cycle and that was daunting, because every day that the tank didnt have fish in it. My kids were on my nerves about it. I put in 4 zebra danios, 1 cory cat, and 1 dwarf gourami. Id read that dwarf gourami didnt make good tank mates for active fish like danio, but the lady at the store said it will do just fine. It hasnt been to long, but so far its been just fine.
So the problem I had when filling the 20 gallon with fish is that many of the fish that I wanted to put in the tank just werent suited for a small 20 gallon tank. So Im already on to my second tank. Ordered a 75 gallon tank with a Fluval 407 canister filter at the same store, but took my kids to petco that day and they had a 75 gallon tank on the shelf and they had a Fluval FX4. So I picked those up and canceled the order at the local store. I have a question.
I understand that the FX4 is rated for a much bigger tank than 75 gallons, but will I be ok to run it with the 75 gallon, or should I return it and get 407?
Also can I take the sponge filter from my 20 gallon and use it in the 75 gallon to jump start the good bacteria, or is the bacteria in the 20 gallon not established enough yet?
Thanks bro, Glad to hear you've been enjoying the channel!
The FX4 could be overkill for the 75 but it never hurts to over filtrate. Since you've already got it I suggest you keep it. You never know when you'll need it for your next upgrade anyway 😁
I would leave the 20 gallon in tact for now as its still new and needs to mature. BUT good news is you can set up your 75 and add fish in same day if you follow this method - th-cam.com/video/9Cuqylaak3E/w-d-xo.html
I've done it successfully, many times already, good luck!
Kev this is great! I’ve always loved the Python over buckets for my 56 column but hate wasting so much water and it’s gotten slower over time. Trying this out for sure. Thank you!
I felt the same way with my python! Glad I could help! 😊
After watching your video @kaveman aquatics , I got a vivosun pump and just tried it out with my 75 and 60 gallon tanks. It was like a MIRACLE!! It took almost NO time at all and there was a lot less water all over the floors compared with my buckets. That said, I wanted to drain into my sink because the CICADAS have invaded the mid-Atlantic in the US, so I attached the pump to my long python hose and drained into the sink. I also didn't want to use a tub to refill since my water pressure for refilling is totally fine. So I retrofitted my python fill-hook (as well as my siphons for those targeted/substrate cleaning days) using python's quick connectors so that I can now easily swap out the vivosun pump for either the syphon or re-filling hook. Thank you for the inspiration!! The amount of time I got back in my day is priceless!
Awesome to hear! Glad you were able to set it up in the best way that works for you. 😊💪
Now this is what I would term as perk up posting.No repetitious cacophony of suggestions.He is so well prepared and its perfectly understood by any segment of hobbyist.
Thank you Joe, I appreciate the positive feedback! 💪
Wow, that's looks so easy , great video , keep them coming
Thank you, I will
Wow! Nice video bro! That's a great idea. I never thought of do it that way!
Glad you liked it!
Maaaan I watched all your videos in the last 6 months when I got my first aquarium ! You are the aquatic godfather I just followed u on Amazon ! Thank you for your time and effort 👌 God bless you
This is brilliant! I am doing this. Thanks so much for the very practical advice. This is going to change my life.
My pleasure! It changed mine as well as soon as I started this lol
EVERY video EVERY time so so informative! Unlike any other videos I've watched on keeping my cichlids! So glad you're on here man. I've learned a lot even though I've had my cichlids for 1 1/2 years. Thank you and God bless
Thanks bro! Appreciate that positive feedback, glad you're enjoying the channel!
I bought a pump after seeing you and I have to say it makes doing water changes so easy. 🔥🔥 Info as always
Great to hear!
Does a water pump push out fish poo aswell ?
@@ericziehler9776 no I still use my gravel vacuum for the substrate. But anything in your water colume will go
Another intelligent well explained video which makes this hobby so much fun.
My African tank is doing awesome thanks to you. No toxins at all in the water and the fish are thriving. I am definitely a fan! 👍👍
Great to hear it! Thanks for watching, im glad the channel has been helpful for you 😊
Love this video more than any other for the aquarium. Thanks a bunch!
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
great video! keep it up brother
Thanks! Will do!
Thank you Kev! Your videos are so helpful and to the point. Question: how do you vacuum your gravel? That’s why I use the python. Thanks for your help!
Thanks Maria! Great question, I still use python for that but I have a better method for that too. Check it out here - th-cam.com/video/gmb6jEqPOhg/w-d-xo.html
Wow. It takes hours to do water changes with buckets. You’re the man💪🏻🙌🏻 thank you so much for the info👍🏻
My pleasure! And when you need to vacuum your substrate I still use python for that, but here’s how I do it - th-cam.com/video/gmb6jEqPOhg/w-d-xo.html
Excellent video man. Very easy explanation and I really like the filling idea and warning of chemicals.
Thank you! Glad you're finding the channel helpful! 😁💪
Hot DIGGITY D_mn !!! ONE OF THE VERY "BEST VIDEOS " EVER; THANKS EVER SO MUCH FOR YOU CREATIVITY KEV !!!
lol Glad you enjoyed it
I do the same. The extra pump is so efficient and easy. Saves so much time.
Agreed 😊
This was right on time. I moved some fish in the basement and now my python reaches but get blocked so I can’t clean the sand.
Thank you! Thank you! So much more easier and less messy. Did waste any water! Kev. Thank you! Do you think you will ever have other Cichilds?
I just plumbed my tank with auto valves and irrigation timer. Love it! Awesome video !
That is awesome!
@@KaveManAquatics thanks man. Took a while but finally it got done.
Excellent video! Love your style brother! Keep up the good work.
Much appreciated!
I'm so happy I found your channel. Have been learning a lot! Thank you
My pleasure! Glad you’re finding the channel helpful! 😁💪
Really good information and you make it look so easy. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Wow, you really make me wanna set my tank back up. Great video.
You should! 😁💪
This has to be the most straightforward simple way to do a water change 👍
Thanks! This worked great! I’ve been looking for a better way and I just found it! 👍🏾
Glad I could help! 😊💪
Mate, you've saved me loads of time!!! Thanks!!!
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
You are great! So informative and so entertaining!!
Thank you! Glad you're finding the channel helpful! 😁💪
Man I'm glad I found ur channel. Thank you bro!
I'm glad too! 😊
Fantastic tip my dude!!! I will be picking up a 55gal tote before my next water change!! THANK YOU!!
Glad I could help!
papi you make this so easy!! thanks....keep it going!!
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Love the video. Thank you. Does anyone know if I can attach a siphon gravel vacuum attachment to suck up waste with the pump? Or will that damage the pump? Thanks.
Another video I wish I saw last month. I bought a python, ugh. I guess it's working for now on my 29g and soon to be stocked with fish 75g. Great video, glad I found your channel. I'm still very new in the hobby so all of this info and beginner playlist is great. I'm going to make my hubby watch these so I'm not the only future fish expert. lol
This is great,I was searching for something like this video👌🏻Thank you so much
My pleasure 😊
Great advice Kave that's what I'm going to do saves a lot of work thanks for the info buddy 👍
My pleasure, Glad it was helpful!
I do mine this way too for my 900 gal, people always ask how do I clean my substrate. It's flow within the tank normally keeps it suspended enough for the filtration and the fuge to suck it up.
Also get asked how do I do this for salt water, and in the basement I have a few 55 gallon barrels of rodi premix made up the pump goes into. Now you can do this to scale, I happen to need more so I have a few 55 gallon barrels setup, that being said, most only need one and is fine with that. But that's how I do it and stay consistent. You definitely hit the nail on the head with the pump bro, this is a life changer.
Also another trick, I have wifi plugs hooked up to Google and alexa so you can pull them out of regular plug sockets and move them, and I just say, hey Google, turn on fish tank pump, and boom, it starts flowing and you don't gotta be running back and forth or need another person. 😉 but you do gotta have wifi for that to work, that being said, if you don't have wifi, you can still buy remote plugs from like harbor freight that will work similar as well, just not voice command.
BRILLIANT!!! went right out a purchased a pump!!
Got fed up carrying 25L bottles and the worry of spilling it across the carpet !!
Can't wait to try it out!!
You’re going to love it! Glad I could help 😊💪
Thank you for all the great info. I'm a huge fan
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Fantastic Video Kev 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🎯
Thank you bro! Glad you enjoyed it
Just found your channel to get water out of my low level tank and also to put water back into my tank after water change. I used your link to purchase the pump you talk about in the video. THANKS very much!
Thank you!!! Appreciate you using my links, its a great way to support the channel. Thanks again! 😁💪
Just stumbled on the channel. Love it so much
Awesome! Glad you're enjoying it!
Thank you so much for making this video it made my life so much easier. I can’t wait until my next water change to use my pump again.❤❤❤
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Where have you been all my life? THANK YOU!
Lol, glad we found each other! 🤣💪
Nice video you’ve helped me heaps. I’ve noticed can drain and refill tanks through fx6 filters. I drain using fx6 filter but have never refilled using it cause I don’t want chlorinated water killing my bacteria. Use buckets instead as I like to give prime atleast 15 minutes before adding to the tank (just my preference) the pump idea is awesome though can pump from a tote a lot easier then pouring in by hand. All your videos are super useful. Keep up the good work
I've been using this method for a fee weeks. Works brilliantly, dont understand why this method isn't all over TH-cam, so many keeper still referring to buckets
I know right...I found it strange that so many were asking me how I put water back in the tank so I figured a video would help 😊
Great idea using a clamp for the water hose. I'm going to order now. Thanks.
Glad to help 😊
Thank you for this video you save me a a LOT of time and headaches
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
I have been doing the same thing for years. Using a water pump works great for me.
Thank you Kev, you're awesome!
You are very welcome
I used to use a 5gal bucket to do water changes on my 75gal tank and it was killing my back, the water pump makes tank maintenance so easy! Thanks for the advice!
My pleasure! Glad I could help 😁
Love your vids! Thanks bunches
Glad you're enjoying the channel! 😊💪
Thanks just ordered the pump and tubing via Amazon :)
Awesome! Enjoy your super fast water changes 😁
Love your videos. Thank you!
My pleasure! Glad you’re enjoying the channel 😊
Hey brother man, recently purchased this pump and hose. Been a life saver and game changer for me. Have a bad back, bad knees, so this set up has really made water changes a breeze now. Thanks for the info.
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
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Them lights fire!!!!!
This is great advice. I was wondering what to do about this. Thanks.
Glad I could help 😁
Wow excellent info there m8 would never of thought of doing a water change like that keep up the good work best channel on you tube 👍
Thank you bro! Glad you're finding the channel helpful!
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Thank You this is great! I needed this-
Glad it was helpful!
Very cool 👍 great information! I do the same I just use an old powerhead to pump it to my drain I just suction cup it at the level I want to drain to ...have a great week brother 😁
Great tip!
Great idea! Thanks! 😊
My pleasure! 😁💪
This is brilliant!
Thank you bro, glad you found it helpful! 😊
Thank you, this was very helpful and exactly what I needed to know to buy my own submersible pump! I tried and failed to get my new Python working for me yesterday, and then I realized I could buy a pump and some tubing for $15 cheaper than the Python... it made me wonder why people got the Python at all nowadays, so I needed a video like this to convince me there wasn't some kind of catch I was missing, haha.
THANKS A LOT BRO THAT WILL SAVE ME A LOT OF TIME. IDK I CAN ADD THAT WATER PRODUCT LIKE THAT WOW THANKS.
My pleasure! Glad I could help 😁
I use a little bit smaller pump for my 190, then use straight from the tap through a fitting to the sink. I will have to switch to a bigger bucket then pump from that, better to regulate the temp that way. Great video!
Ur videos crack me up. Informative but got good little bits of humor.
Now off to watch everything U say about the FX6.
I got one. I got messy ass Oranda's and need to learn to clean it set it up yhr best way, clean it right, and get thr max out of it. (Better flow. Etc.)
Thanks for the advice very informative❤.
Glad it was helpful!
Just a quick note for anyone with a copper hot water cylinder, you can’t use water from your domestic hot water system as it absorbs copper from the cylinder. Great video as always
Solid information, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I use a dedicated 35gal brute rubber maid container on a wheel tray to do water changes. Pump water into it from the tank ,30g, to get exact measure of my water change.. the reverse by filling the container, treating with prime for the 30g, riff salt, and temperature match. I run the pump inside with a fine prefilter to mix the salt in. Save water, precision conditioner application, and fully fine filtered. Takes a little extra time but so worth it.
I was researching this last night!!
Glad you found it! 😁
Great video thank you very much 😊👍🏻
My pleasure bro! Glad I could help 😊💪
Ya man thank you, keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
Thanks bro, just ordered it.
My pleasure! 💪
I bought one, dude water changes are quick and fun now
Glad I could help! 😁💪
Dude i love your vids
Thank you bro, glad you're enjoying the channel! 😊💪
In our basement we have 2 125 gal tanks. One for peas/haps and one for discus. A 60 gal for community. We have 2 100 gal water troughs in the unfinished part. These are primed and circulated a day ahead of time and buffered to the same ph and heated to the same temperature. And a 150 trough outside where tank water goes and then a transfer pump to water the garden. We use 1300gph pumps and a 300gph transfer to the sprinkler. No wasted water. Have great fish and great vegetables too lol.
Hi :) i love your channel! So informative and helpful! How do i get a water pump for a 5-10 gal tank? Thank you
Nice one kave 👍
Thanks! 😊
Boy, do i feel dumb! Spent $100 on sharkbite plumbing fittings to plumb garden hoses to and from tanks and tub spout pipe while recovering from surgery. This is so simple! Im taking it all back to the store. You saved me $100!!!
Glad I could help bro!
Great Video Kev, about to get the FX4 Hall of Fame
Thank you bro! Congrats on your new awesome filter
Great Ideas bro. You’re the best. Thumbs up from me 👍
Thank you bro! Glad you're finding the channel helpful! 😁💪
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Killer idea. Thank you.
Glad I could help!