Habitat - Indoor :: How to get water into 125g tank?

[elindros97]

I am about to get a 125 gallon tank for my RES. She's around 4'' long. I've been keeping her in a 10 gallon and filling it up with filtered water from the brita filter. My question is:

How in god's name am I going to get filtered or even unfiltered water into my tank?!? It's in my apartment so there's no hoses nearby or anything.

Help!!!

[mikee]

elin-rose 97-- I would suggest that you run a hose from you washing machine hook up. Most have a 3/4" IPT thread that will connect to a hose. The only other exposed pipe in most apartments is under your toilet and easy to get to. It will take a little plumbing but not hard to do, however, if you are not sure of what you are doing, you could make a mess and cause your landlord to get upset. The only other option is a bucket and labor.

[Tenodera]

Like above, unless you are a good plumber, your only choice is a big bucket and lots of dechlorinator.

[Vtolds]

you can either use a garden house with an adapter for a faucet or you can use a python or something along those line.

[iac637]

We hook a hose up to our faucet and fill them up. Its super easy you can get the piece from lowes or home depot

[fultonh]

you should try the python no spill filter. I bought it for my 80 gallon tank and its amazing. Petsmart and Big als sell it.
www.pythonproducts.com/

[Dein211]

i carry a five gallon bucket up and down the stairs

[fultonh]

i carry a five gallon bucket up and down the stairs

lol i use to do that and by the end of doing water changes every week i was exhausted...and then decided with some Christmas money to invest in the 50ft python

[kgielda]

You might as well just get the Python and save the time and trouble. You use it to clean and refill. I bought it for my RES tank and now use it for my other fish tank- best pet investment I've ever made.

[FLhaven4strays]

If you have good water pressure in the apartment I'd 2nd the python idea. I thought the pressure in our house was good enough, but it really didn't work to well (especially for draining). I hook up the python to an outside hose faucet though & it works great!

If you don't have the greatest water pressure I'd suggest going to a home improvement store & speaking w/ someone there about hooking up a length of hose to a sink - or better yet, shower/tub - faucet. I guaranted there will be an easy solution.

[steve]

I agree, get a Python. You can make your own but it's a real convenient package for draining/filling tanks.

[emma]

Pythons are the best! You should definatly get one of those. I was suprised at how fast everything went with it and how easy it was when I first used mine.

[moonlighter]

The tank is going to weigh about 1000 lbs so make sure the floor can take it.