Water change

[kunzy]

when you guys pour in water in your tanks after your water change how do you stop the plants and substrate getting moved around by the current :(

first world problems :(, very frustrating!!

[ineke]

I pour very slowly and don't have a problem . A lot of people drip the water in, just make sure what you put in is not too much colder than what the shrimp are in.

[JohnH]

Pour it very slowly. Some use a container that sits on the corner of the tank that has a small tap to dribble new water in

[kunzy]

Dribbling it in... some of us must have a better idea then that:( lol...

[amkr]

I pump mine uphill so its got no velocity when it comes out (through a horizontal tube).. just sort of falls out the end

[JonX]

http://www.avk.com.au/plant-care-c02-units-fertiliser-hardware/up-aqua-co2-units-substrate/up-aqua-buffer-bucket-6l/prod_2513.html

turn the tap and mine drips in slowly overnight.

[JohnH]

Dribbling it in... some of us must have a better idea then that:( lol...

Um, its a better idea then blowing all your plants and substrate around by dumping water in.

[CNgo2006]

Um' date=' its a better idea then blowing all your plants and substrate around by dumping water in.[/quote']

+1 but more importantly it will not stress the poop out of the shrimp

[kunzy]

JonX, that looks what i need! thanks for the link also..

i really appericate it :)

[ineke]

You really need to be much more careful with the higher quality shrimp and doing larger water changes very slowly , they also don't like the substrate disturbed by the turbulence of fast flowing water.:encouragement:

[JonX]

JonX' date=' that looks what i need! thanks for the link also..

i really appericate it :)[/quote']

Kunzy just google 'up aqua buffer bucket' and you will find links where to purchace it. =)

[kunzy]

Nice thanks JonX

and thats very true Ineke sometimes i forget about these precious little critters

[Squiggle]

I use an airline to siphon the water back into the tank, nice & slow :victorious:

[2OFUS]

I pour very slowly and don't have a problem . A lot of people drip the water in, just make sure what you put in is not too much colder than what the shrimp are in.[/quote

you give advice like a pro now :)

[CNgo2006]

LOL!

[hoang1912]

To me, I use the air line tube put 1 end in a bow or bottle, the other end have a clip to hold and control the water movement and that's all :victorious:

[ineke]

[ineke]

I went to my vet and bought an IV giving set, I just put the water I want to use on top of the tank and set the drip rate for however long I want and leave it go by itself for water changes but for water top up I just pour very slowly from a bottle careful not to disturb the substrate but that's usually only for half a litre anything over that is dripped in. Sometimes the shrimp come and sit under the drips:encouragement:

[HelvinHT]

I put a big bottle of RO water in top shelves and use 4 aerator hose to drip the water into each tank in my rack. 1 bottle enough for 4 tanks 10% water change.

[shrimpstan]

+1 for using a buffer barrel. i have the 6L one and its quite stable even when full.

basically, just slightly change the way u do a WC.. its more of a 'set up n forget' until u notice an empty bucket many many hours later ;)

its so much better this way. i recently put together a 2ft scape with around a 5kg cap of the super fine powder. after the initial pour with the bag i filled 3/4 of this tank using this slow drip system and none of the soil was disturbed and minimal cloudiness.

between the different drip systems i use for different things and making the R/O water sooo many hours go by... sitting in front of the tanks while it all happens :)

[KiwiBigD]

You don't want to see mw with my water changes, I bring in the hose, on full. Okay the water goes onto my hand to redirect the water back to the surface and I actually get shrimps coming up into the fresh albeit cold water.

This is for my TBs as well. I want tough shrimp that can handle the cold, probably means I loose a few but those that survive can handle a wider variety of conditions without dying at he drop of a hat

[kunzy]

KiwiiBigD - i bet your a tough dad ^.^ :)

[KiwiBigD]

KiwiiBigD - i bet your a tough dad ^.^ :)

LOL I'm Ex-Military, you assumed correctly ;-)

[Squiggle]

Ballsy move dude, tough love for the shrimp, lol :victorious:

[kunzy]

Kiwi i was only joking around