been a bucket man myself. Simply nowhere to dump the water save my balcony pot plants which are on the other side of my apartment. Defs backbreaking work but then again i love my fish and its always worth it week after week. If one day one of your filters kicks the bucket i would recommend you go for two massive sponge filters alongside your remaining one. I use one internal to save on the noise and two sponge filters myself since i sleep a single wall away and its been three years no problemo. edit: i've got a 50gallon, 190L freshwater@@SimplyShrimps
If you have a lot of time in hand during a water change, to avoid temperature flactuation when filling up with a hose from the tap garden, just set the tap to a trickle to let the heater catch up and heat the water up.
I wish I had your motivation. I'm struggling to get one water change every two weeks on my 75g. Nice looking tank. I love how you dont waste the water!
Thanks :) Its so easy to do that I don’t mind doing it. When I had a smaller tank and had to use buckets I’d skip water changes sometimes because of the effort ha! Not going to waste something that can be reused :D
How do you do the water change for big community tank with shrimp in it? Do you still add water back in as you did for fish or do you use airline tube and slow back in?Thank you.
@@SimplyShrimps I got red cherry shrimp and tangerine tiger in the tank with guppy and corry (Panda). I usually do about 10% water change every 10-14 days but test water to see Nitrate level about weekly basis because I could be needing water change more frequently than shrimp only tank. Thank you.
is that a real stones or they fake i looking so much for this big stones but i not wanna take risk to put a real one who weight probably 10kg for example....
I want ta get a bigggg fish tank about 700 liters, a never had a fish tank. can you answer me these questions plz?? 1.how often should i change the water???? 2.how much water should i change???? 3.should i change gravel-sand and how often??? 4.If i pace a rock wall on a wall of the aquarium will i have to clean it??? 5.what chemicals should i use ??? how much how often 6. do i need a filter if the aquarium is planted???
1. One a week or fortnight 2. About 25% 3. Nope just clean it with a siphon 4. Yes maybe. Depends if you like the algae 5. Declorinator when doing a water change 6. Yes you need a filter
Have you ever noticed any detrimental effects to your filter bacteria (increase in ammonia/nitrite levels)? I was always led to believe that dechlorinator took a while to convert the chlorine / chloramine, it wasn’t an instant thing…….I have a little 100l tank, I make up the water a good few days in advance and bubble vigorously……but I do buffer the water as I have Tanganyikans and need time for the buffer and lake salts to completely dissolve.
We have really heavily chlorinated water here, it comes out of a borehole…..if you leave a glass standing for a few hours it smells like TCP disinfectant….not good
As mentioned in the video, the volume of water is so big that it doesn’t really effect the main temperature by more than 2C. Though this is still something to be aware of :)
Great video! Think this is the one that made me confident I want to get a larger tank. Only aiming for about 180 liter though! Going from a 55L, does anyone have an opinion on if that upgrade could be a good one?
I too have a 500lt + aquarium but the way I do my water changes is to pre heat and dechlorinate the new water first in a 200lt food grade plastic barrel and then pump it straight back into the tank with a cheap pond pump, that's less dechlorinater used and no temperature change at all
Simply Shrimps the problem I have mate is very high nitrates in my tap water so I have to filter the tap water first into the barrel, the barrel is quite easy to hide behind my shed when not in use, try amazon or ebay for the barrel. Your way is fine but a change in the water temp can also affect the filter bacteria if its quite a bit different, keep up the great videos 👍
i have a 20 gallon long tank that's about 12 gallons tall. i'm currently trying to clean it out, and it's quite a toiling task. i have to clean it because there's this decoration that leaves a slimy residue that flakes all over the tank (it's one of those glo-fish anemones, don't buy them for cold water/axolotl tanks). my axolotl really likes it but it has to go :[
Aren’t there temp differences.. my tank water is 25c.. tap water maybe 20... in winter it’s probably 5c. .. the overall tank water may be say 24.. but isn’t the water around the hose outlet probably about 20 c??
I got fed up with the chore of bucket emptying and came up with better solution. I drilled a hole in the side of my tank and fitted a copper pipe with a tap at the level of water I need to drain. I can then simply connect 1" wide pvc tubing onto the pipe and lead it's length to the bath. It's just a case of turning on the tap to empty the aquarium 😀.
I have a 220 gallon. I got myself a pump attached it to a hose and do 3/4 empty in about 5 minutes. And then to fill up i attached a hose to my water faucet adjust temperature and fill tank right back up. After the fill up I add water conditioner and a little salt and done. I never ever use buckets. I rig up the most efficient systems to work for me and make sure to get it done quickly.
Can I ask , I need help . I’m looking to get back into the tropical fish industry but want to plan ahead . I’d be having my tank upstairs and I am struggling with ways of doing a water change . I wouldn’t have enough power to pump water up the outside wall with a pipe to my tank as the pipe would be going virtually vertical . Is there some kind of pump that can help blast the water up ? Please help 😂
Wish I could do this with my 125 gallon. I do the same siphon and gravel vac, but the hose water from my well is so cold I can't fill up my American cichlid tank with it, and the adapters won't fit my normal faucets 😅
Craig Evans if your in the us Home Depot sells tons of different size tubing. My mom got one for her pond and it looked like it would fit my siphon. Just take the siphon into Home Depot and try different tubes out.
to say it more clear , i want to make a fish tank that will not need much care , i would like to avoid these thing tell me which of of them i can and how plz 1.no water changes 2.no cleaning 3.no sand clening i want to have a tank that yount be easy to do all this staff tell me which of them can i avoid or having more time to do like not changing water weekly but monthly and cleaning yearly
I just bought a 270 gallon tank with 3 Pacus in them. Last time I did a fish tank I had a 55 gal. And most of my fish died. I messed up by filling the water all the way up and didn’t make sure the tap water was the same temp has the one inside the tank. I’ve now learned. Did you put the tap water declorifier before you put the tap water in or after? And do you also turn off the filter and heater and etc while doing the water change? Please lmk! Thank you
I know this comment was 3 years ago. Pretty sure he dechlorinated prior to refill . I don't have anywhere near a big tank so my experience with a small tank is: I turn off my filters, or push down an internal filter so its never above water while on. When I hadn't turned off an air pump (for a sponge filter), it seemed to become noisy - I don't want to damage it obviously. I keep my heater lower than the amount of water I'm removing to avoid turning it off.
So you add the de clor before adding new water? I do it after adding the water, is there any reason that I don’t know why to do it your way? Thank you! :)
De chlorinator pretty much works straight away, I’d add it first so it can work on the new water as it enters. If you add the tap water first it runs the risk of the chlorine damaging the beneficial bacteria in your aquarium :)
Simply Shrimps, I'm thinking about changing my WC technique to your method. I've always added my Dechlorinator 1st at full tank dose, like you. Only difference is that I've always shut my FX6 off because I feared the new water would not be completely dechlorinated and it would hurt the beneficial bacteria in filter. Looks like it doesn't effect it at all:) Kinda feel like doing a WC now lol. Great vids I've been enjoying them for a week now.
Wait what happens your tap water has ammonia and nitrites? I tested my tap water and that's what has in there. I use buckets and treat water in that and have a filter running in it until ammonia and nitrites are gone out of the water. 😭 Isn't there a easier way pour water into the tank.
You can use seachem prime if you have ammonia and nitrities in the tap water like I do. It takes care of it immediately. Just dose it in the bucket and you can pour it in, no waiting.
Simply Shrimps hob? Sponge filters? And what if it’s a planted tank? Maybe a video on these key issues would be cool. Some don’t know this information. They end up cleaning it all at once which can kill a tank. Ty for this video was a big help.
Buckets, my lad. Back breaking bucket after bucket. :-p
It was bad enough when I used buckets on my 125 litre tank haha 😂
been a bucket man myself. Simply nowhere to dump the water save my balcony pot plants which are on the other side of my apartment. Defs backbreaking work but then again i love my fish and its always worth it week after week. If one day one of your filters kicks the bucket i would recommend you go for two massive sponge filters alongside your remaining one. I use one internal to save on the noise and two sponge filters myself since i sleep a single wall away and its been three years no problemo.
edit: i've got a 50gallon, 190L freshwater@@SimplyShrimps
Ive thought about using trash cans on wheels cuz they are bigger than buckets 🤔
Like the video mate. But how do you set the temperature of filling up water?
😂😂😂 first time on one of your videos and that little shrimp jingle cracked me up! :D
Haha! Glad I could bring you some joy 😁
March 27, 2021. I found your channel this evening and liked it very much. New subscriber here. Great job.
Thanks for your support Tamera :)
If you have a lot of time in hand during a water change, to avoid temperature flactuation when filling up with a hose from the tap garden, just set the tap to a trickle to let the heater catch up and heat the water up.
This method is enough to kill all the shrimp in my tank.
I wouldn’t recommend it then :( I’d say it’s better for hardier fish,
What do you do?
How do you control the temp though if it's all cold going back in
I wish I had your motivation. I'm struggling to get one water change every two weeks on my 75g. Nice looking tank. I love how you dont waste the water!
Thanks :) Its so easy to do that I don’t mind doing it. When I had a smaller tank and had to use buckets I’d skip water changes sometimes because of the effort ha! Not going to waste something that can be reused :D
First 😊
Holy!&@? That was super quick haha! 😂
How do you do the water change for big community tank with shrimp in it? Do you still add water back in as you did for fish or do you use airline tube and slow back in?Thank you.
Defends what shrimp you have and how much you are changing. If it’s a small percentage then you should be ok this way
@@SimplyShrimps I got red cherry shrimp and tangerine tiger in the tank with guppy and corry (Panda). I usually do about 10% water change every 10-14 days but test water to see Nitrate level about weekly basis because I could be needing water change more frequently than shrimp only tank. Thank you.
COOL VIDEOS 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks 😁
is that a real stones or they fake i looking so much for this big stones but i not wanna take risk to put a real one who weight probably 10kg for example....
I want ta get a bigggg fish tank about 700 liters, a never had a fish tank. can you answer me these questions plz??
1.how often should i change the water????
2.how much water should i change????
3.should i change gravel-sand and how often???
4.If i pace a rock wall on a wall of the aquarium will i have to clean it???
5.what chemicals should i use ??? how much how often
6. do i need a filter if the aquarium is planted???
1. One a week or fortnight
2. About 25%
3. Nope just clean it with a siphon
4. Yes maybe. Depends if you like the algae
5. Declorinator when doing a water change
6. Yes you need a filter
@@SimplyShrimps thank you so much !!!!
@@SimplyShrimps what is fortnight???
what is a siphon ????
A fortnight is 2 weeks, a siphon is used to clean gravel.
Have you ever noticed any detrimental effects to your filter bacteria (increase in ammonia/nitrite levels)? I was always led to believe that dechlorinator took a while to convert the chlorine / chloramine, it wasn’t an instant thing…….I have a little 100l tank, I make up the water a good few days in advance and bubble vigorously……but I do buffer the water as I have Tanganyikans and need time for the buffer and lake salts to completely dissolve.
We have really heavily chlorinated water here, it comes out of a borehole…..if you leave a glass standing for a few hours it smells like TCP disinfectant….not good
I have like 35 tanks and I basically have a farm this is sooo uselfull for me
I have them in my basememt I have to stair by stair and I will have a lot of cramps😂
Can i do this with goldfish tank?
Yes you can :)
Seems like adding a spigot to the side of the tank would be easiest.
do you just chuck in freezing cold water??? i’m sure that aint right
As mentioned in the video, the volume of water is so big that it doesn’t really effect the main temperature by more than 2C. Though this is still something to be aware of :)
Great video! Think this is the one that made me confident I want to get a larger tank. Only aiming for about 180 liter though! Going from a 55L, does anyone have an opinion on if that upgrade could be a good one?
I'm going from a 55litre to 200litre aquarium. I think your upgrade is great and will actually be easier to manage than your former tank. Good luck!
Always go bigger. I upgraded a few times . That's why I have 7 tanks now. I just got Hopefully my last tank. It's 340 litres.
I too have a 500lt + aquarium but the way I do my water changes is to pre heat and dechlorinate the new water first in a 200lt food grade plastic barrel and then pump it straight back into the tank with a cheap pond pump, that's less dechlorinater used and no temperature change at all
That’s pretty much the best way you could do it :) Hopefully one day I’ll have enough space to do the same.
Simply Shrimps the problem I have mate is very high nitrates in my tap water so I have to filter the tap water first into the barrel, the barrel is quite easy to hide behind my shed when not in use, try amazon or ebay for the barrel. Your way is fine but a change in the water temp can also affect the filter bacteria if its quite a bit different, keep up the great videos 👍
i have a 20 gallon long tank that's about 12 gallons tall. i'm currently trying to clean it out, and it's quite a toiling task. i have to clean it because there's this decoration that leaves a slimy residue that flakes all over the tank (it's one of those glo-fish anemones, don't buy them for cold water/axolotl tanks). my axolotl really likes it but it has to go :[
Aren’t there temp differences.. my tank water is 25c.. tap water maybe 20... in winter it’s probably 5c. .. the overall tank water may be say 24.. but isn’t the water around the hose outlet probably about 20 c??
Because it’s such a big body of water it tends to keep its heat better. But as I mentioned in the video it is something you need to keep an eye on :)
I got fed up with the chore of bucket emptying and came up with better solution. I drilled a hole in the side of my tank and fitted a copper pipe with a tap at the level of water I need to drain. I can then simply connect 1" wide pvc tubing onto the pipe and lead it's length to the bath. It's just a case of turning on the tap to empty the aquarium 😀.
That’s awesome! You can have a bath at the same time 😂
I have a 220 gallon. I got myself a pump attached it to a hose and do 3/4 empty in about 5 minutes. And then to fill up i attached a hose to my water faucet adjust temperature and fill tank right back up. After the fill up I add water conditioner and a little salt and done. I never ever use buckets. I rig up the most efficient systems to work for me and make sure to get it done quickly.
For sure. The quicker and easier the better 😂 seems like you have a great system set up 🤘
How to water change hhmmmm maybe take water out and put water back in
Well done 😂
Helpful video! You can use seachem safe (a powdered dechlorinator) which is super concentrated.
Cheers :) I’ll look into that product. I was thinking of switching over to a dechlorinator by NT Labs for koi ponds.
You look related to jack septic eye. Really like the channel 👍
The long haired version 😂 ha ha thanks!
I bought a hma filter same idea just don’t need the chemicals 👍🏻👍🏻 the 20” inch ones are superb but pricy
I have one too but my fish are hardy enough for treated tap water. Unlike discus 😉
Do you have Shrimps Water Change tutorial? Want to know how to. 1. Water prepare n bla bla..
Not yet but I will be working on one when I have my new shrimp set up sorted 😁
How many water changes are you doing in a month?
Once a week, so about four :)
Thank you for the info :)
No worries :)
Can I ask , I need help . I’m looking to get back into the tropical fish industry but want to plan ahead . I’d be having my tank upstairs and I am struggling with ways of doing a water change . I wouldn’t have enough power to pump water up the outside wall with a pipe to my tank as the pipe would be going virtually vertical . Is there some kind of pump that can help blast the water up ?
Please help 😂
Late to the party - but loving your videos!
Better late than never 😉
Hes living the dream with his shrimps
Indeed 👌
Hey, how come you don't use the FX6 to drain the tank? Love your vids 😁
I don’t have the right size tube and length do to so ha! Plus if you syphon out the tank you can pick up waste too. Thanks 😁
Wish I could do this with my 125 gallon. I do the same siphon and gravel vac, but the hose water from my well is so cold I can't fill up my American cichlid tank with it, and the adapters won't fit my normal faucets 😅
What's the best water filer system for large aquarium 300l
I'm thinking of getting a 125 for a fahaka puffer, and was wondering what would I need? I
How do you match the temperature for the new water?
It’s a big enough water volume that the change in temperature is minimal :)
Never use the hose when you have a bad belly if you get my drift :( at least after the flush my carpet was looking pretty clean :)
Saw this video and thought it was a great idea! I only need to know one thing though... where did you get the extra long tube for the syphon!
It’s just an extra 5m of tubing I bought from my local fish shop and attached to the end of the syphon hose with a straight line connector :)
Craig Evans if your in the us Home Depot sells tons of different size tubing. My mom got one for her pond and it looked like it would fit my siphon. Just take the siphon into Home Depot and try different tubes out.
What materials did you use? For the siphon?
JBL tubing and a straight line hose connector to join the two together
to say it more clear , i want to make a fish tank that will not need much care ,
i would like to avoid these thing tell me which of of them i can and how plz
1.no water changes
2.no cleaning
3.no sand clening
i want to have a tank that yount be easy to do all this staff tell me which of them can i avoid or having more time to do like not changing water weekly but monthly and cleaning yearly
monster 360
Good tips !
Cheers 😁
I just bought a 270 gallon tank with 3 Pacus in them. Last time I did a fish tank I had a 55 gal. And most of my fish died. I messed up by filling the water all the way up and didn’t make sure the tap water was the same temp has the one inside the tank. I’ve now learned. Did you put the tap water declorifier before you put the tap water in or after? And do you also turn off the filter and heater and etc while doing the water change? Please lmk! Thank you
I know this comment was 3 years ago. Pretty sure he dechlorinated prior to refill . I don't have anywhere near a big tank so my experience with a small tank is: I turn off my filters, or push down an internal filter so its never above water while on. When I hadn't turned off an air pump (for a sponge filter), it seemed to become noisy - I don't want to damage it obviously. I keep my heater lower than the amount of water I'm removing to avoid turning it off.
Spongebob would've loved your shrimp song lol
So you add the de clor before adding new water? I do it after adding the water, is there any reason that I don’t know why to do it your way? Thank you! :)
De chlorinator pretty much works straight away, I’d add it first so it can work on the new water as it enters. If you add the tap water first it runs the risk of the chlorine damaging the beneficial bacteria in your aquarium :)
Simply Shrimps awesome!! Thanks heaps!
No worries 😁
Simply Shrimps, I'm thinking about changing my WC technique to your method. I've always added my Dechlorinator 1st at full tank dose, like you. Only difference is that I've always shut my FX6 off because I feared the new water would not be completely dechlorinated and it would hurt the beneficial bacteria in filter. Looks like it doesn't effect it at all:) Kinda feel like doing a WC now lol. Great vids I've been enjoying them for a week now.
Thanks :) Yeah I’ve had no issue with my water parameters in over a year of doing this now. I’m doing a water change today ha!
Wait what happens your tap water has ammonia and nitrites? I tested my tap water and that's what has in there. I use buckets and treat water in that and have a filter running in it until ammonia and nitrites are gone out of the water. 😭 Isn't there a easier way pour water into the tank.
You can use seachem prime if you have ammonia and nitrities in the tap water like I do. It takes care of it immediately. Just dose it in the bucket and you can pour it in, no waiting.
I just finished a shrimp tank, 3 gallons, im gonna buy a better light and some more plants
Sounds good :)
Simply Shrimps also, i made it really simple, just soil, moss, cave, catappa leaves, with a smol HOB filter in which i covered the intake with sponges
Seems like you have it all sorted 😁
Simply Shrimps kinda
Simply Shrimps but my
How often should filters get cleaned?
For canister filters once a month should be ok.
Simply Shrimps hob? Sponge filters? And what if it’s a planted tank? Maybe a video on these key issues would be cool. Some don’t know this information. They end up cleaning it all at once which can kill a tank. Ty for this video was a big help.
Good idea thanks. I had thought about doing some like this. Maybe in the future 😁
Isn’t the new water too cold?
Because it’s such a big body of water it tends to retain its heat and the temperature doesn’t change too much :)
Simply Shrimps ok! I might try that then
Just keep an eye on your temperature just to be sure though ;)
Get a python ffs
If i had £50-60 (whatever that is in dollars) to spare, sure. Until then this is fine 🙂
I mix the hot and cold and use a heater to get the right temp.
What heater do u use