Automated

[Polkster13]

I use two large trash cans on wheels (after having rinsed them throughly) and a pond pump and siphon. One can is for my new water that I pre mix. The other is for the water that I siphon off of the tank. I use the pond pump to pump the new water into my tank. I always use the same can for each process; I don't swap them around. The head is over 6 feet to the top of my tank so I need a really strong pump. Also, I don't want to have to stand there all day while water dribbles into my tank. You can also use the pump to drain the "bad" water down a sink drain. Been using this method for over 7 years.

[scuba_steveo]

Not to dig up an old thread but I just got back in town. I was gone for 8 days. I cleaned the skimmer before I left, that was all. My mom & dad came over a feed the fish, this is all. The tanks are both running perfect and I owe it to automation. I could do not want to imagine having to do everything myself. I work several hours on it everday as it is. Anyway, I just got home, cleaned the glass, and now I want to go enjoy it.