Easy Water Changes

The hose I use is certified "drinking water safe". I hadn't even thought
about the it leaching any contaminants and didn't know they made such a hose
until I saw it advertised as such at the hardware store. After all, as a kid
we didn't hesitate to drink out of the garden hose.


"Cam" wrote in message ...
The only thing I can see "wrong" (you should not use this word in the
aquatics arena, there are many ways to skin a cat is the hose. Some
hoses
leach unwanteds into the water. Over the long haul this could pose a
problem.

You could achieve the same sort of routine if you left a large container
full of water outside, buy an inert length of hose and a small pump!
Siphon
water out, pump new water back in...OTH I really dont see your mission
being
a problem




"Pokey" wrote in message
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I'm presently using a much easier way to do the weekly water changes in
my
tank. Instead of dealing with filling buckets of water I just use a
garden
hose siphon to take out about 50% of the water. Then I just connect the
hose
and add the water back in. I add a couple of capfuls of dechlorinator
while
I'm adding the water. I've never done this in the past fearing that the
chlorine would still be present and kill my fish. The water temperature
after the addition drops from 78F to 74F but the two heaters bring it
back
up within a few hours.

It doesn't seem to affect my fish using this method and it's a whole lot
easier than the bucket method. Anybody else use this technique?
Comments?