TANK TO TANK????

[nowings]

Do they sell some sort of disinfecting solution that coul bed used on the hoses between water changes that would not spread germs from tank to tank.

Nancy

[April]

hi nancy. do you have a new set of discus...if so you need a new hose. i use hte same hose from tank to tank for draining. but if i get a new group..i get a new hose.
you can run pp through it..but that would get tedious as far as time goes.
tell us a bit about how you fill and drain etc?
i use a pump so i do go from tank to tank draining. then i fill with the pump back in from my holding tanks or a bucket in the bathtub .

[Carol_Roberts]

I agree with April. I pretty much have a siphon hose for every tank and a water refill hose for each water storage barrel. It saves time to drain and fill mulitple tanks too.

[nowings]

I currently use a python to drain all my tanks and I refill them with a garen house attached to a water pump from my aged water barells.

i currently have 2-55 gallons and a 40 gallon. One of my 55 gallons have some new yellow pb babies in it that i bought. I am currently treating them with formalin because some of them were breathing out of 1 gill.

Next week I will be getting about 10 fish from Cary. They will be putting them in a 75 gallon that is right above the 55 gallon that being treated!! I do not want to pass this on to them. Even though I have not seen any signs of this in my other fish. All my other fish are older, I don't know if that makes a difference?

Thanks
Nancy

[Carol_Roberts]

I would advise a seperate hose and gravel tube for the new quarantine tank. Actually a whole 'nuther room is best for new arrivals. This saves the new ones from getting or giving any nasties while they recover from shipping and become adjusted to your water.

[slicksta]

if you must....BLEACH
it pretty much eliminates all cooties out there...and is cheap
becareful with the vapors in a confined space.............
John