I'm trying to help out my new tank maintanence person.
Right now he is using buckets to do water changes. Usually 30 gallons per week in my 330.
I have a floor drain under the stand in my tank but no one uses it.
What 3 different people do for the water changes are.
1. Drain the tank into 5 gallon buckets. They like to keep track of how much water they take out.
2. Then dump the new water into the top of the tank (Which is 7 feet off the ground) using 5 gallon buckets.
3. Carry the dirty water through the office and dump it in the back sink
To me its an accident waiting to happen. Dumping heavy buckets from a ladder is asking for trouble. Here is my fix, what do you think?
1. Use this rubbermaid container to bring in the water on dolleys. I talked to someone that uses this one to mix and its will hold the water w/o breaking.
Rubbermaid® 44 Gallon Brute® and Accessories - US Plastic Corporation
2. Use a python type hose to drain the tank into the floor drain. Estimating how much will be done roughly by tank and
sump dimensions. Once we know I can mark the outside of the tank with a line ie. 30 gallons.
3. Mark the inside of the trash can for each 5 gallons.
4. Use a mag 1200 pump to fill the tanks
sump. Once the tank is full turn off the pump and look to see how much water was used looking at the marking in the trash can.
This should speed up the process and have minimum disruption to my office operations.
Cost around 250.00 for the Mag pump, Brute 44 and hose.
