Is it me or does anyone else find lugging 50lts of treated water back and forth just back breaking work? I bought a 50lt water container from the LFS, using a clear piece of tubing I then suck out the water and let the tank self drain.
If was getting water in that killed me and also doing so without causing a huge disturbance to the plants.
In the end I seached for a small submersible pump - the GP8815. It cost me £20..
http://whalepumps.com/documents/brochure/Caravan_Brochure_2005.pdf
look for self venting submersible pump
Tomorrow Im off to B&Q to buy some tubing and my theory is to fill the 50lt container with treated warm water and then just get it close to the tank but resting on the floor. Using a 12v supply, pop the tiny submersible pump with the tube attached into the full water container and direct the pipe coming out into the fish tank, switch on and then leave the pump to fill up the fish tank. This saves me having to lift a huge container up on to a ladder whilst I let gravity do its work or walk back and forth four or five times with a bucket and then slowly pouring it in.
Anyone else have a better solution?
If was getting water in that killed me and also doing so without causing a huge disturbance to the plants.
In the end I seached for a small submersible pump - the GP8815. It cost me £20..
http://whalepumps.com/documents/brochure/Caravan_Brochure_2005.pdf
look for self venting submersible pump
Tomorrow Im off to B&Q to buy some tubing and my theory is to fill the 50lt container with treated warm water and then just get it close to the tank but resting on the floor. Using a 12v supply, pop the tiny submersible pump with the tube attached into the full water container and direct the pipe coming out into the fish tank, switch on and then leave the pump to fill up the fish tank. This saves me having to lift a huge container up on to a ladder whilst I let gravity do its work or walk back and forth four or five times with a bucket and then slowly pouring it in.
Anyone else have a better solution?