Need large food grade water container

[jason604]

Hey guys so I'm looking to buy large food grade water containers to contain RO water without contaminating it. Homedepot sells a colaspable 400L one by does not indicate if it's food safe or not. I need one or two containers to add up to about 80gal. Here's link for the colapable version if anyone is able to find info on it.

http://m.homedepot.ca/Product/produc...910191&lang=EN

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Lots of barrels for sale on CL. Just have to make sure they are food-safe. I have bought ones that contained distilled water from a lab at UBC. Lots of local reefers have been using the food-safe barrels from different CL sellers for years.

[jason604]

I'm scared they might b contaminated n not know it. I would prefer to buy new and the collapsible one does sound sweet

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/zip/4862413846.html

A plastic barrel that held fruit juice.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/grd/4854180129.html

100g drum brand new. Would love to get this for myself but my doorways are too narrow to easily haul these in and out of the house. If I had a fish room, this is what I would get for sure.

[Samw]

I've read that gray, white and yellow Rubbermaid Brute's are Certified to NSF Standard #2 for food safety.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1496204

for example Brute 44 Gray:
http://www.rubbermaidcommercial.com/...rcpNum=2643-60

NSF:
http://www.nsf.org/services/by-type/...ent-standards/

[jason604]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/grd/4854180129.html

100g drum brand new. Would love to get this for myself but my doorways are too narrow to easily haul these in and out of the house. If I had a fish room, this is what I would get for sure.

Ooo that's a sweet drum. I was planning to leave it outside. Would the sun ruin my water my RO water?

[ferret]

I won't store the ro water at exterior particularly the area underneath sunlight.
You need to consider if there is any possible speed growth of unwanted algae even you've a powerhead circulating the prepared water. The rapid changes of outdoor temperature is also a factor need to be considerated. Moreover, I'll use all the new ro water within a week rather than storing the water for more than 8 days. HTH

[daplatapus]

I used to use the Brute garbage cans with good success. For my new build I bought a couple 100 gal drums from Barr plastics.

http://www.barrplastics.com/plastic-tanks.html

[corpusse]

I'm sure in the Vancouver area you can find one cheap, and I'm sure you will be able to tell it's not contaminated. I'm in Mississauga but I got mine cheap on CL and they had tomato juice in them. You could tell for many months, but it was just smell. In the summer you can put bleach in them and let it dry in the sun. Sometimes you can even get ones that were used for vinegar so washing it with vinegar won't effect it much.

It's just the smell that leaches into the plastic but after you use them a few times the smell goes away. I also drain my water change water into one and it helped wash away the smell. After several uses the smell goes away. These 55g drums are used so widespread there really isn't reason to pay full price for new ones.