Aging water for water changes in larger aquariums

I've added a step(s) to my 10 gallon shrimp tank that has helped my survival greatly. I'm using RO/DI remineralized water and letting it sit out for 24 hours with an air stone and a heater. I then drip in into my aquarium. This has helped with stress on my shrimp and allowed me to control my water quality a lot more. I've been thinking of adding a similar step to my water changes on my 55 gallon. Currently I use the Python system, but that means adding chlorinated water directly back to my tank after pretreating with Prime, which doesn't sound idea for more fragile inhabitants. I don't think I would start with RO/DI yet, but aging the water does seem like a good idea. If you do this, how do you typically go about it? Buying a 20-30 gallon bucket seems pretty unwieldy, and I'm not sure I could easily get it elevated enough to siphon or drip it in. Anyone have any tips for 20-50% water changes on a 55 gallon?

 

I prep water in 32 an 44g Brute garbage barrels . Each barrel has air stone and heater .
There are wheeled dollies for them and a simple pump to add water works fine for my 'sensative' fish .

 

if u want to age water for your tank use whit buckets with lids and fill them with water and use chlorine neutralizer and leave the water in the buckets for 2 to 4 weeks then it will be aged and ready to use

 

I do, brute food grade trash can, then transfer to 5 gallon pails for the small tanks. Toss in a heater to temp match. I don't bubble air in them.

 

Ok, I’m gonna get a 30 gallon plastic storage container and fill it up with tap water, adding in some Prime. I’m gonna add in a powerhead and a heater and let it sit out for 24 hours. I think my wife will tolerate an extra tank of water for only one day a week without rolling her eyes too much.

I don’t think I want to do RO/DI for my 55 gallon. While it would be cool to try, it would take forever to get enough water and raise my water bill a lot with all the waste water down the drain.

 

Removing chlorine and especially chloramine with RO/DI is tricky and not worth it unless you absolutely need RO/DI water, e.g., for a reef tank.

I used it for over a decade and it wasn't worth it as I didn't really need it.

 

Hmm..I must have the Arnold Schwarzenegger of shrimps. More than a year ago I added some shrimp to my 64gal. Since then I had Ich & fluke outbreaks, lots of meds added and I changed from using buckets of dechlorinated water to adding tap water directly to the tank. I assumed that all of the shrimp were long dead. The other night I shined a flashlight on the tank and lo and behold there was a shrimp looking back at me!

 

Hmm..I must have the Arnold Schwarzenegger of shrimps. More than a year ago I added some shrimp to my 64gal. Since then I had Ich & fluke outbreaks, lots of meds added and I changed from using buckets of dechlorinated water to adding tap water directly to the tank. I assumed that all of the shrimp were long dead. The other night I shined a flashlight on the tank and lo and behold there was a shrimp looking back at me!

I always have one or two that survive like that, but the vast majority of my shrimp die if I don’t do smaller water changes and prep my water beforehand. RO/DI might be a step too far, but it’s not hard to do on a 10 gallon and really helps me control my KH and GH without having to worry about using stuff like baking soda or Wonder Shells.