How long does it take you to do your water changes

[engiskhan]

I have a 55 gallon tank and I have clocked myself in at right around 30 minutes.

[April]

well..i do multiple tanks at one time. drain ..drain..fill..fill.. some are draining while im filling the smaller ones up again. then move the hose along. so...i can do a 100, a 60 and two 30s in about 30 -45 minutes. i use a magdrive pond pump on the end of a rubber hose to pump out..and a garden hose to fill. so doesnt take long at all.

[ozone]

It takes me 30 minutes to do two 125 litre tanks and on 330 litre tank and check the ph aswell. wiping sides down takes alittle longer.

[Rick_May]

I've got a 75 that I can change the water in less then 5 minutes. I use a 10' length of 2" hose, and drain the water into a 35 gallon trash can with a sump pump in it. My other tanks take a lot longer using a python setup. The 1/2" hose just doesn't move much water. I'm thinking of geting a set of weels for my trashcan setup so I can do them all.

[April]

why not get a longer hose Rick..and drain it to a drain?? like your washer drain..or toilet?? or..out the door??

[Carol_Roberts]

I have 5 drain hoses and three fill hoses/pumps all going at the same time. . . out the door, in the bathtub, down the the kitchen sink ;D

[swvadiscus]

It takes me about 45 min to do a 25% waterchange daily in my 125 gallon. I use a drain hose and a siphon to vacuum the bottom. I clean both of my penguin 400 filters.....(4 media packs) and then fill with buckets straight from the tap. then I wipe down the sides with an algae magnet. (note: I use straight from the tap because my ph doesn't change with aeration and aging 3 DKH with no swing).

[ronrca]

Well, I have 2 65G with 40G sumps on each which really makes it 105G (210G total). I do around 50% wc each! Total time is around 10-15mins. ;)

[Rick_May]

April,
No drain available, I really like do like the way this is working. An added bonus is I'm watering the lawn, so the water isn't wasted. plus I don't know that I would get much more than the 10' of 2" hose because it gets pricey I think I paid around 1.50 a foot.

[M0oN]

100 gallon takes about 5 minutes using the hose you'd use on a pool vacuum, sucks water out FAST...

Smaller tanks take slightly longer because of substrate or small fish that'd get injured by somthing so large....

All in all to do 2 40's, a 29, 100, 2 10's and 2 20 tall's takes me around an hour...

[paulmat]

My total time for all my tanks is an hour to 1 1/2 hrs.

Paul

[RAWesolowski]

45 minutes to change 3 tanks with my trusty python. Of course if I get distracted by something shiny, it will take me about three weeks to dry out the room from the overflow and replace the carpet pad.