discusdan
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I'm currently in the process of setting up my first planted tank, Its 200l and at the moment I've just got the the substrate and large pieces of mopani wood in place with a few stem plants. Its running DIY co2 from a yeast mix and I plan to start dosing EI ferts next week in preparation for the majority of plants.
Once I start dosing ferts and get the plants in I want to do regular large water changes
I'm currently using two 25l containers and a pair of step ladders to siphon water out of the tank and put fresh water back in.
This is a big faff and doing it on a regular basis is going to get very tedious very quickly, also taking out 50% of the water leaves the level very low and I dont want to stress the fish to much when I get them in.
As I want to keep Discus I've read that a lot of people use HMA filters which leads me to this question.
Could I get some 2.5mm diameter filter hose and start a slow siphon into one of the 25 liter containers while at the same time filter water back into the tank directly from a Hma filter?
If I turn the filters off and siphon old water out from one end of the tank and add fresh water at the other end would this work?
It would mean I wouldn't have to use step ladders, the water level should stay roughly the same and water temp wont be effected as much. Once one 25l container is full i can just swap to the next empty one.
The only problem I can see is fresh water might be siphoned out as it mixes?
What do you think, will it work? it would make life a lot easier.
Once I start dosing ferts and get the plants in I want to do regular large water changes
I'm currently using two 25l containers and a pair of step ladders to siphon water out of the tank and put fresh water back in.
This is a big faff and doing it on a regular basis is going to get very tedious very quickly, also taking out 50% of the water leaves the level very low and I dont want to stress the fish to much when I get them in.
As I want to keep Discus I've read that a lot of people use HMA filters which leads me to this question.
Could I get some 2.5mm diameter filter hose and start a slow siphon into one of the 25 liter containers while at the same time filter water back into the tank directly from a Hma filter?
If I turn the filters off and siphon old water out from one end of the tank and add fresh water at the other end would this work?
It would mean I wouldn't have to use step ladders, the water level should stay roughly the same and water temp wont be effected as much. Once one 25l container is full i can just swap to the next empty one.
The only problem I can see is fresh water might be siphoned out as it mixes?
What do you think, will it work? it would make life a lot easier.