Water storage container with cage question

Von915 · 01/11/2021, 07:13 PM

My sister in law has date syrup delivered in these 250 gallon containers with the cage. If I rinse it well, do you think it will be safe to mix water in for my reef?

Member No. 1 · 01/12/2021, 03:56 AM

Don't see why not since it's food safe.

Duality · 01/12/2021, 05:08 AM

You will be fine. I bought two 55g food grade barrels off Facebook a year and a half ago. The guy told me that sugar was stored in them. I rinsed them out and filled them up with tap water then added a gallon of vinegar and let the vinegar water sit for a week. I then drained them and rinsed then with a few gallons of ro/di then them them dry. I haven’t had any issues of high nutrients or phosphates. My ro/di unit and storage is on the second floor in the laundry room. I use the 55g ro/di storage as my ato barrel. I have a line ran from the barrel to a float valve in the sump. I added a tds meter to this line so I could see if I would get any tds leaching from the barrel. In a year and a half I’ve yet to get any tds coming from the storage barrel to the tank.

RBU1 · 01/12/2021, 09:15 AM

Yes I have used several of them. I have one cut in half in my shed just for an emergency.

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Timfish · 01/12/2021, 09:53 AM

Yup, should work fine. Your sister in law should sell them if she isn't already. Locally they go for about $100 on CL

01/11/2021, 07:13 PM	#1
Von915 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 10	Water storage container with cage question My sister in law has date syrup delivered in these 250 gallon containers with the cage. If I rinse it well, do you think it will be safe to mix water in for my reef?

01/12/2021, 03:56 AM	#2
Member No. 1 Ver. 2.1 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rehoboth, MA Posts: 1,803	Don't see why not since it's food safe. __________________ Pete "I never make mistakes... I thought I did once, but I was wrong" Current Tank Info: In the process - http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2661614

01/12/2021, 09:53 AM	#5
Timfish Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,985	Yup, should work fine. Your sister in law should sell them if she isn't already. Locally they go for about $100 on CL __________________ "Our crystal clear aquaria come nowhere close to the nutrient loads that swirl around natural reefs" Charles Delbeek

01/12/2021, 05:08 AM	#3
Duality Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 385	You will be fine. I bought two 55g food grade barrels off Facebook a year and a half ago. The guy told me that sugar was stored in them. I rinsed them out and filled them up with tap water then added a gallon of vinegar and let the vinegar water sit for a week. I then drained them and rinsed then with a few gallons of ro/di then them them dry. I haven’t had any issues of high nutrients or phosphates. My ro/di unit and storage is on the second floor in the laundry room. I use the 55g ro/di storage as my ato barrel. I have a line ran from the barrel to a float valve in the sump. I added a tds meter to this line so I could see if I would get any tds leaching from the barrel. In a year and a half I’ve yet to get any tds coming from the storage barrel to the tank.

01/12/2021, 09:15 AM	#4
RBU1 Moving on Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 5,167	Yes I have used several of them. I have one cut in half in my shed just for an emergency. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk