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mtaswt · 03/24/2016, 08:24 AM

I hate looking at all my buckets and always thinking......dang I've spent alot of $$$$ on some salt! Just glad the wife doesn't know what a bucket costs!

BrandonFlorida · 03/24/2016, 11:07 AM

I have 10 5gal buckets with lids and 2 55gal barrels for storage...

22 is not too many in my eyes...

CStrickland · 03/24/2016, 11:26 AM

I really hate throwing out stuff that *could* come in handy some day. I imposed the same rule on my hobbies that I use for clothes - if it hasn't been used/worn/played in the last year, it goes in the bin unless I have a really good reason to keep it.

I've got 2 5g buckets and a 20g bin right now, living in an apartment def keeps my hoarding tendencies in check.

Devaji108 · 03/24/2016, 03:20 PM

the real question is how many shoes does the wife have? you get a bucket for every pair...

PatW · 03/24/2016, 05:05 PM

I have a 300 gallon DT. I have 3 five gallon buckets. I have 3 three gallon buckets. I have 3 forty five gallon brutes. One brute for RODI. One brute for salt water. And one brute for waste water from water changes. I have a 29'gallon QT tank and I have a 29 gallon tank for top off. I am contemplating a small QT for corals and a frag tank later on.

Reeferz412 · 03/24/2016, 05:37 PM

75 gallon - 7-8 gallons wc = 2 buckets
RO Water storage 4-5 buckets
Saltwater storage 6-8 buckets
Bucket to clean equipment
Bucket to throw wet stuff in
Bucket to sit on while working on the tank
Bucket to put on top of bucket while doing a water change
Bucket to collect waste water from RODI
Bucket drum circle as you wait for salt to mix

Your wife is wrong

johnike · 03/24/2016, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Reeferz412

75 gallon - 7-8 gallons wc = 2 buckets
RO Water storage 4-5 buckets
Saltwater storage 6-8 buckets
Bucket to clean equipment
Bucket to throw wet stuff in
Bucket to sit on while working on the tank
Bucket to put on top of bucket while doing a water change
Bucket to collect waste water from RODI
Bucket drum circle as you wait for salt to mix

Your wife is wrong

Funny shtuff Alex!

kmbyrnes · 03/25/2016, 06:03 AM

You really need at least 4 - unless you have a doggie door near your tank(s).
One for DT water water changes.
Once for QT water changes.
2 for TTM draining ( you DO use separate buckets/hoses for draining all tanks, right?)
Then there's the utility use stuff. I keep 6 myself, plus 4 5g totes, a 32g Brute for SW and 55g drum for RO/DI

Roccus · 03/25/2016, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mtaswt

I hate looking at all my buckets and always thinking......dang I've spent alot of $$$$ on some salt! Just glad the wife doesn't know what a bucket costs!

all the more reason to buy the boxes of salt... you get more for your money and there's no evidence!...

FirstContact · 03/25/2016, 10:22 AM

Absolutely, never a thing as too many 5g buckets. Use them for everything!

reefgeezer · 03/25/2016, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by kmbyrnes

..."unless you have a doggie door near your tank(s)."

Maybe a "water change door" for we that are canine challenged.

Swanwillow · 03/25/2016, 11:22 AM

Lol way too many. I have 1. But I use 16 gal tubs for waterchanges.

Kentech5 · 03/25/2016, 11:27 AM

6 buckets, a 35 gallon brute, 3 5 gallon jugs, and 2 20 gallon roto-molds. Feel like I could still use more though.

kmbyrnes · 03/27/2016, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by reefgeezer

Originally Posted by kmbyrnes
..."unless you have a doggie door near your tank(s)."

Maybe a "water change door" for we that are canine challenged.

Back when we had 4 dogs, the door was a necessity, not a luxury.
The door is located between the 100 and the 125.
Of course, just a drain line by the tanks would work as well.
Considering one since the 350 requires a long hose to reach the doggie door.

03/24/2016, 08:24 AM	#26
mtaswt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 428	I hate looking at all my buckets and always thinking......dang I've spent alot of $$$$ on some salt! Just glad the wife doesn't know what a bucket costs! __________________ Current Tank Info: 156g, 8 bulb ATI dimmable powermodule, led moonlights, PM 175 skimmer, 55g sump, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40's @ 75%, BRS dual reactor, ReefKeeper Elite, ATO, & 200 #'s of rock. 2 blood shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp, 3 sexy shrimp, Oynx clowns (mated pair), purple & yellow tangs, red scooter blenny, breeding pair of Banggai Cardinalfish, Bartlett's Anthias, Maldives Lyretail Anthias, Labout's fairy wrasse, two spot goby, multiple corals (mostly lps), and counting......who said this hobby was cheap?

03/24/2016, 11:07 AM	#27
BrandonFlorida Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Port Orange, FL Posts: 637	I have 10 5gal buckets with lids and 2 55gal barrels for storage... 22 is not too many in my eyes... Last edited by BrandonFlorida; 03/24/2016 at 11:14 AM.

03/24/2016, 11:26 AM	#28
CStrickland Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New England, U.S. Posts: 4,595	I really hate throwing out stuff that could come in handy some day. I imposed the same rule on my hobbies that I use for clothes - if it hasn't been used/worn/played in the last year, it goes in the bin unless I have a really good reason to keep it. I've got 2 5g buckets and a 20g bin right now, living in an apartment def keeps my hoarding tendencies in check. __________________ If you're havin tank problems I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems but a fish ain't one Current Tank Info: 3/2016 upgrade to 120g. Chalk bass, melanurus, firefish, starry blenny, canary blenny, lyretail anthias, engineer gobys, kole tang. Softies / LPS / NPS. <3 noob4life <3

03/24/2016, 05:37 PM	#31
Reeferz412 Coral Hoarder Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,247	75 gallon - 7-8 gallons wc = 2 buckets RO Water storage 4-5 buckets Saltwater storage 6-8 buckets Bucket to clean equipment Bucket to throw wet stuff in Bucket to sit on while working on the tank Bucket to put on top of bucket while doing a water change Bucket to collect waste water from RODI Bucket drum circle as you wait for salt to mix Your wife is wrong __________________ Alex FMAS Member Current Tank Info: 400 Gallons of frags... 30 gallon Deep Blue mixed reef ... 70 other tanks throughout south FL

03/25/2016, 06:03 AM	#33
kmbyrnes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 2,055	You really need at least 4 - unless you have a doggie door near your tank(s). One for DT water water changes. Once for QT water changes. 2 for TTM draining ( you DO use separate buckets/hoses for draining all tanks, right?) Then there's the utility use stuff. I keep 6 myself, plus 4 5g totes, a 32g Brute for SW and 55g drum for RO/DI __________________ 125g Mixed Reef 5/26/2015; 350 Butterfly Dominated FOWLR 11/26/2015 - 11/17/20217 & 07/31/18 to ??? ; 100g Mixed Reef 11/16/2013 to 06/16/2017 Current Tank Info: Too small

03/24/2016, 03:20 PM	#29
Devaji108 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jackson Hole Wy Posts: 3,430	the real question is how many shoes does the wife have? you get a bucket for every pair...

03/24/2016, 05:05 PM	#30
PatW Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 275	I have a 300 gallon DT. I have 3 five gallon buckets. I have 3 three gallon buckets. I have 3 forty five gallon brutes. One brute for RODI. One brute for salt water. And one brute for waste water from water changes. I have a 29'gallon QT tank and I have a 29 gallon tank for top off. I am contemplating a small QT for corals and a frag tank later on.

03/25/2016, 10:22 AM	#35
FirstContact Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 1,613	Absolutely, never a thing as too many 5g buckets. Use them for everything! __________________ No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock

03/25/2016, 11:22 AM	#37
Swanwillow goby girl Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bemidji MN Posts: 2,025	Lol way too many. I have 1. But I use 16 gal tubs for waterchanges. __________________ my advice:walk away. do nothing. til tomorrow. if its still alive, it will hopefully be fine. If you do not see it, do not try to find it. it may be hiding. just LEAVE it alone Current Tank Info: starting over! 125 gallon. Soon to be home to Blackfoot clowns, A. nigripes

03/25/2016, 11:27 AM	#38
Kentech5 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Hudson Falls, NY Posts: 368	6 buckets, a 35 gallon brute, 3 5 gallon jugs, and 2 20 gallon roto-molds. Feel like I could still use more though.