mandy2936
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Hi guys,
I've always just cleaned my tanks by just syphoning water into buckets, dumping it out, re-filling with dechlorinated water, and pouring back into the tank. This works fine with my 5g, all I need are two buckets. One to take out the water, and another that I fill with de-chlorinated water. When I'm done, I just pour that water into the tank and it's finished.
However... my 20g is starting to be more of a problem. It requires a LOT more buckets and a LOT more trips back and forth. And, since I'm only a little 13 year old those buckets are really heavy for me and put a strain on my back. I've been doing this for over a year now, and feel like it is time for a change.
I've heard of ones that attach to the faucet of a sink and water is then pumped into and out of the tank for you, eliminating the use of buckets. That sounds great, but I just don't understand how this works without harming the fish. When the water from the sink is pumped into the tank, how are the fish safe from that? It hasn't been de-chlorinated yet!
So, can someone please help me out here? I'm such a newbie with this kinda of water changer, as you can see.
I've always just cleaned my tanks by just syphoning water into buckets, dumping it out, re-filling with dechlorinated water, and pouring back into the tank. This works fine with my 5g, all I need are two buckets. One to take out the water, and another that I fill with de-chlorinated water. When I'm done, I just pour that water into the tank and it's finished.
However... my 20g is starting to be more of a problem. It requires a LOT more buckets and a LOT more trips back and forth. And, since I'm only a little 13 year old those buckets are really heavy for me and put a strain on my back. I've been doing this for over a year now, and feel like it is time for a change.
I've heard of ones that attach to the faucet of a sink and water is then pumped into and out of the tank for you, eliminating the use of buckets. That sounds great, but I just don't understand how this works without harming the fish. When the water from the sink is pumped into the tank, how are the fish safe from that? It hasn't been de-chlorinated yet!
So, can someone please help me out here? I'm such a newbie with this kinda of water changer, as you can see.