New house and maybe not be a new fish tank

[jefftse]

Hi all! I'm ready to move in 3 months and I always thought to move my fish tank to the new house also. I found the new location for the fish tank but here comes the challenge.

 

My laundry room right now is my current "fish room". It is where my sump, equipment and water change station located. I won't have this luxury anymore. I think I can manage to put everything underneath of my tank, but I can't figure it out how I'm going to change water. I have a 225G. When I change water, I usually do about 40G (rubbermaid trashcan). I just don't know how I'm going to do this without a fish room. I want to know what other members are doing it right now.

 

I thought about to install a water source in the garage but it is about 100 ft distance from the garage to the location of the fish tank.

 

Please advise.

 

 

Jeff

[gwweber]

there is nothing wrong with a long hose attached to a strong pump to do your waterchange. I use a 30 foot hose on a mag 5 where i am atm. A mag 5 would do a 100 foot no problem. depending on how high it has to pump.

[Matt LeBaron]

Not sure if this will work for your new house setup but I use two large brute trash cans that have the little dolly on the bottom. I use one for waste water and then mix salt water in the other. I just wheel them to where I need them. Drain water into the waste water can, wheel it off, wheel up the new mixed one and pump the new water in.

 

I have a fish room but my house has a septic system so I can't pour my waste water down the drain. I just roll the trash can full of waste water to my backdoor and pump it out under my wood pile where no grass grows anyhow.

 

Brute Trashcan Dolly

[jefftse]

I thought about doing that.. but the garage has steps so i can't really push it from the garage.. long hose and mag might have to do.. but it really sounds like a hassle!

[zygote2k]

pretend you are a maintenance man like me. client has water and tank, you have brute on wheels, sump pump with 10' hose, extra brute. cake.

[sachabballi reef]

LOL just hire Rob!

[basser9]

A simple cabinet built along the side will allow you a area to do what you need to do.

A pantry type build works great.

Large reactor filled with GAC/PHOS and a high flow skimmer with a deep sandbed

on a large tank is my recipe for yearly water changes on my 150.