Water Hose for Cleaning and Filling your Aquarium

[prostreet69camaro]

Here is the hose setup I made from a old hose that the end busted. I cut the hose in half to make one for filling and one for draining. I have been using this hose for over 15 years with no problems to my fish.

I used some 1/2" CPVC with some 90's on the fill hose and an adapter to connect the hose to a faucet. I used tyraps to hold the CPVC in the 5/8" water hose.

I use the Aquem gravel sucker connected to a hose for draining. I made a adapter out of SS fittings that I had and used 1/2" SS tubing that fits in the hose of the gravel sucker.

I am thinking about changing the hose out to white RV water hose. They sell 25ft hose at Walmart for $10.00.

Adapter



Fill hose



Sucker hose

[johnnymisty]

Here is the hose setup I made from a old hose that the end busted. I cut the hose in half to make one for filling and one for draining. I have been using this hose for over 15 years with no problems to my fish.

I used some 1/2" CPVC with some 90's on the fill hose and an adapter to connect the hose to a faucet. I used tyraps to hold the CPVC in the 5/8" water hose.

I use the Aquem gravel sucker connected to a hose for draining. I made a adapter out of SS fittings that I had and used 1/2" SS tubing that fits in the hose of the gravel sucker.

I am thinking about changing the hose out to white RV water hose. They sell 25ft hose at Walmart for $10.00.

Adapter



Fill hose



Sucker hose

Nice though it might be benificial to put some sorta shutoff valve for the fill hose especially for someone like me my add kicks in and i forget im filling my tank till 10-15 gallons of water are on the floor

[troy tucker]

I don't do much vac.ing gravel but I use garden hose to drain. I use a RV hose to fill.

[LordBarron7692]

Hey where did you get adapter I've been looking for one

[johnnymisty]

Hey where did you get adapter I've been looking for one

Home depot sells them I think its $5 or $6 there in the section with faucet parts

[LordBarron7692]

Sweet man using 5 gal buckets suck

[prostreet69camaro]

I went to Walmart and bought the 25ft white RV hose. The 1/2" CPVC fit tight inside the white RV hose. Then I added a couple on small tyraps for extra insurance.

The hose was $10.00 at Walmart.

[R_sustaita]

Sweet man using 5 gal buckets suck

tell me about it.

[BeefyG]

Nice! One word of caution for anybody making one from a new hose. Be careful what hose you buy as some garden hoses have chemicals in them to prevent mold from growing inside the hose and it can affect your beneficial bacteria.

[R_sustaita]

Nice! One word of caution for anybody making one from a new hose. Be careful what hose you buy as some garden hoses have chemicals in them to prevent mold from growing inside the hose and it can affect your beneficial bacteria.

see im not the only one saying that. i knew there were chemicals on them.

[prostreet69camaro]

I went to Walmart and bought the 25ft white RV hose. The 1/2" CPVC fit tight inside the white RV hose. Then I added a couple on small tyraps for extra insurance.

The hose was $10.00 at Walmart.

Even before I use this RV drinking water hose, I will run water through it for about 5 minutes.

[R_sustaita]

your water district must love you!

[johnnymisty]

your water district must love you!

I had free water in the place we just moved from and its gonna be an adjustment to do 90% water changes and have to pay for it.... Now just gotta come up with a way to water the yard with the old water..... i like the fill side here just gotta get me the hose and some pvc itll be nice not holding the hose to fill or proping it up on something to keep in place

[R_sustaita]

I had free water in the place we just moved from and its gonna be an adjustment to do 90% water changes and have to pay for it.... Now just gotta come up with a way to water the yard with the old water..... i like the fill side here just gotta get me the hose and some pvc itll be nice not holding the hose to fill or proping it up on something to keep in place

my bro tells me that by doing water changes every 2 weeks to 2 125gs he increased his monthly bill by $50-60 a month from when he didnt had a tank.
i was at an apartment with free water too so i didnt realized that. until now that i have to pay for water again.

[johnnymisty]

my bro tells me that by doing water changes every 2 weeks to 2 125gs he increased his monthly bill by $50-60 a month from when he didnt had a tank.
i was at an apartment with free water too so i didnt realized that. until now that i have to pay for water again.

$50 increase aint bad but im waiting for the first bill to see normal