Adding clean water

[likwid]

Hey guys,

I have upgraded to a larger tank and am having some problems with my waterchange process.

In my smaller tanks, I would put the clean water in a small bucket and simply dump it into the tank. I now have my clean water mixed in a large bucket that holds 5 gallons. Right now, I am lifting up the bucket and slowly dumping the water into the tank, but as you can tell it is very heavy and often spills all over the place and dumps way too fast.

I use a long hose as a siphon to take out the old water during my water change, but since the tank is higher than I can lift the bucket, I cannot siphon the clean water back into the tank. Is there a product out there that can do this, or what else can I do to make this easier? I do not have any spare pumps either to pump the water back in.