
Originally Posted by
gnihcraes
I have a little giant water/pond pump - any local hardware store carries them. To fill the barrels, put the pump inside a bucket in the sink and start filling, turn on the pump and fill up the barrels. essentially the reverse for emptying the barrels for water changes... stick the hose inside the barrel and pump it out enough so I can carry it to the floor drain a few feet away and dump it out.
Put in some chlorine bleach and fill it back up.
Reminds me... I need to do this.. it's been a while....
As for the cap, I just twist it on with my hand or if you needed to, use some channel locks or something similary.