"Toni" wrote in message
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"Dan White" wrote in message
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Hi. I had a 55 gallon tank many years ago set up for marine fish. I
recently took it out of the garage and got it ready for tropical fish.
I've
been reading up all the great info in newsgroups and the net in general,
but
there is one thing about changing water that I don't see addressed.


I can only tell you how *I* do my freshwater tanks- I keep a planted
Discus
tank and a Fancy Goldfish tank, and I do both the same way.
I siphon water out with a long piece of one inch tubing- one tank gets
siphoned out a window to the backyard, the other goes out a door to a
flowerbed. Then I drag a plain old garden hose in through whichever
window/door I am using and turn it on in the tank. I add Prime as the tank
is filling.

That's it.
So much for Discus being difficult.

I am blessed with very warm groundwater due to my climate. If it gets very
cold I will draw out water into a dedicated garbage can and heat it with
an
aquarium heater overnight, then pump it into the tank with a small water
pump.
I found the Python to be the biggest PIA I ever ran into- I cut it up and
made plain siphon hoses out of it.

I really think that the simpler you keep your process the more likely you
will do it often- I do all my tanks once per week. And as you can see-
even
the most finicky fish will likely adjust to your local water.


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Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/discus.htm



Toni,

The discus tank is absolutely beautiful. They look awesome in there. And I'm
amazed at your excellent photography, too! Nice work.

Mary