ok so I live in a flat and have no running water down stairs in the lobby where my huge aquarium for my terrapins is.

I am hoping to fill it by syphoning water from the bath. I will need to do regular water changes and its a lot of water so I need to find the best way.

There are no taps suitable to attach a hose to and plus I would like to get the water the right temerature before it gets to the tank so I don’t have to take my turtles out and stress them.

I have a length of garden hose, and sucking it doesn’t work lol.

I tried to fill the tube with water in the bath to start it off to and that wont work.

Has anyone any ideas how to do rhis, is there anything I can do to start it off?
yes, thanks, my bath should be safe as my son and I use very few and gentle products due to allergies. the bath will be thoroughly washed and rinsed. I’ve bben using the bath as a vessle for preparing the water for them for a year now and they have not suffered any ill effects. I myself admit that it is not ideal but it seems the best option.

My lobby is down stairs, ground floor. Exactly my thoughts, I didn’t want it to leak upstairs!!!
I am going to syphon the waste water out of my front door and out into the garden to water/fertilise my plants and any excess will go down the drain.

I will try filling the hose again. I didn’t have the bath very full last time!

Just bought a house that has a huge back yard. Beyond the back yard is a very large field so there is tons of space for bugs. My son has horrible allergies and gets bitten by any and everything. Is there some sort of grass fertilizer stuff or a safe for kids and pets chemical i can spray on the grass to reduce the amount of chiggers and other pesky insects that like to live in the grass so I don’t have to worry so much about him playing in the yard? Is it something I can get at Walmart or Home Depot or something?

I’m wondering if anyone knows of a home remedy or just some sort of natural way of killing weeds in your yard and making grass prettier.My daughter is very allergic to all the Chemicals.But the weeds are bad on here also.She takes shots for her allergies but the Chemicals are still a problem..Thanks so much..Melody