Water change transfer pump, what are you using?

[Mmiller2001]

2000GPH 1/2HP oil free pump from eBay.

Look like this.

[Tanked]

On 5/28/2022 at 6:50 PM, TUCCI said:

Can you post a pic ? (im gonna need time to figure out how to do that myself). 

I use a small pond pump with a 1/2" ID line because that is what I had.  The pump is in a 5 gallon bucket.  I've seen on line, valves with barbed fittings on one end. That would make it a little nicer and potentially eliminate the hose clamp.  My purpose in building it was to eliminate the need to lift 5 gallon water jugs over my head.  Of course, this also freed me up to fill more buckets, scrape algae or whatever. You can also adjust how fast the water comes out so as to not disturb the substrate or plants.

[TUCCI]

On 5/28/2022 at 6:19 PM, Tanked said:

I use a small pond pump with a 1/2" ID line because that is what I had.  The pump is in a 5 gallon bucket.  I've seen on line, valves with barbed fittings on one end. That would make it a little nicer and potentially eliminate the hose clamp.  My purpose in building it was to eliminate the need to lift 5 gallon water jugs over my head.  Of course, this also freed me up to fill more buckets, scrape algae or whatever. You can also adjust how fast the water comes out so as to not disturb the substrate or plants.

Ah very nice, a thing of beauty......thanks for posting the pics. Maybe in the future, I can trouble you with giving me a tutorial of how to post pics.....thanks again

[Torrey]

On 5/28/2022 at 6:34 PM, TUCCI said:

Ah very nice, a thing of beauty......thanks for posting the pics. Maybe in the future, I can trouble you with giving me a tutorial of how to post pics.....thanks again

Are you on a phone or a computer? Because it's a little different with each....

[TUCCI]

On 5/28/2022 at 11:58 PM, Torrey said:

Are you on a phone or a computer? Because it's a little different with each....

Sorry Torrey, I dosed off...Im on a phone.