easy water changes on larger tanks!!

[Zacktosterone]

hey guys. i'm trying to find a way to drain water from my tank and transport it from one room to the next. I can't seem to figure out a way to drain the water from the tank without drilling a hole in it and adding another drain!! i almost wanted to utilize a return pipe as it back siphons and install a pan world pump onto the line so i can move water from the line to the drain in the other room. BUT i don't think that will work as there may be a suction issue. it would be fully primed, but again it wouldn't be able to draw a continued amount of water, if that makes any sense. any ideas would be nice as i'm pretty stumped.

 

[MarineBradUK]

It takes a while but have you thought of using a siphon? I borrowed barrels from my local shop to drain down my 400L - I was however only moving from one side of the room to another though


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[MarineBradUK]

A hand siphon by the way sorry poor attention to detail!


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[Zacktosterone]

I'm not sure what you mean. What I'm trying to accomplish is a quick and easy way to drain the tank

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

Zack,
Not sure how much you need to do but I made a U tube from 1" pipe with a strainer on the inside & a hose barb on the other end.
Starting a suction is easy since water level is close to top of tank.
I measured what I wanted as my water change(30 gal.) & marked the tank, then I cut the pipe so suction broke @ that point including the strainer. I can clamp the hose, do something else & not worry about draining too much.

 

[scuzy]

Is this for water change? Or just to drain it?


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[Zacktosterone]

Zack,
Not sure how much you need to do but I made a U tube from 1" pipe with a strainer on the inside & a hose barb on the other end.
Starting a suction is easy since water level is close to top of tank.
I measured what I wanted as my water change(30 gal.) & marked the tank, then I cut the pipe so suction broke @ that point including the strainer. I can clamp the hose, do something else & not worry about draining too much.

Only problem osbthe pipe needs to go up above the tank... Across the ceiling. And then into the other room

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

I see you want to drain it -- just do above with proper length pipe.

 

[Zacktosterone]

Is this for water change? Or just to drain it?


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Water change . also the tank is in wall so there is a back room that the tank actually sits in

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

No door or openings?

 

[Zacktosterone]

No door or openings?

Tank sits in a back room. And two rooms over is a bathroom with the sump in it

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

Is sump big enough for the change?

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

When I did maintenance we ran 3/4" pipe into the ceiling 60 feet to a utility sink in an office building. Then we put a large pump into the tank with a mark on the side so we knew when to stop. Next we removed the pump, went to the other end where we had a tank with salt & pumped the other way -- DONE.

 

[Zacktosterone]

When I did maintenance we ran 3/4" pipe into the ceiling 60 feet to a utility sink in an office building. Then we put a large pump into the tank with a mark on the side so we knew when to stop. Next we removed the pump, went to the other end where we had a tank with salt & pumped the other way -- DONE.

What kind of pump can you put in a tank like that?? Maybe I should siphon it into another tank in that room... And then pump it to the other room with the drain

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

I think it was a sump pump.

 

[Tracey2]

My return pump feeds a 100g tall container, the container has a drain connected to a pump so when I do a water change I shut the flow off to the container then I can pump it wherever I want it. This system works great.

 

[Zacktosterone]

My return pump feeds a 100g tall container, the container has a drain connected to a pump so when I do a water change I shut the flow off to the container then I can pump it wherever I want it. This system works great.

Any pictures?

 

[Tracey2]

The container is behind my basement stairs so not the easiest to get pics of.

 

[ctfplumbing1]

hey guys. i'm trying to find a way to drain water from my tank and transport it from one room to the next. I can't seem to figure out a way to drain the water from the tank without drilling a hole in it and adding another drain!! i almost wanted to utilize a return pipe as it back siphons and install a pan world pump onto the line so i can move water from the line to the drain in the other room. BUT i don't think that will work as there may be a suction issue. it would be fully primed, but again it wouldn't be able to draw a continued amount of water, if that makes any sense. any ideas would be nice as i'm pretty stumped.

U could get a laundry pump from liberty it comes with a basin and pump ..u could drain tank to basin by hose ..pvc.whatevea u want ..then liberty pump will pump up to 15' vertical than .gravity drain it to pipe in bathroom..

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[Dmorty217]

I put a T with valve on my closed loop, which I then routed pvc to my floor trough with drain which makes water changes as easy as turning a valve. For refilling the tank I have a 200g container with valve and 1.5" hose that is put in the sump. Everything is gravity fed so no need for more pumps.