"Papa Red" wrote in message
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Can I just stick one end of a garden hose into a tank and drain them
that way [I have 7 tanks]. I'm asking this question because a while
back I seem to remember someone saying something about metal being toxic
to fish, and there is metal [copper/brass?] at either end of the hose.
In most cases I will already have most of the fish stored in
rubber/plastic buckets that I've purchased just for that purpose, but I
figured that it would be better to first ask you folks. I thank y'all
for any help that you can give on this matter.~Dean.

At our old home I would just open the window behind the tank and drain the
water into my flower bed. Then fill up with 1gal. water jugs used for "fish
only." It was not to hard on me but since we moved to the new house I can't
do it that way any more. I bought a python from Wal-Mart and water changes
are a breeze.

Vicki in Virginia