Large water barrels

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  1. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    I am looking to setup a water change station that can handle my nps build. I want 2 roughly 100g containers for my station and need suggestions of the least expensive but completely safe options. And I know someone here knows where to go!
     
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    It does! They have some. 200g tall containers that would work great!

    Anyone else have any suggestions.
     
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    Tractor supply has some (similar to or the same as the Norwesco listed above) but they aren't cheap. To be honest, it may be cheaper to buy a bunch of 40G Brute trash cans. If you need a big container, you will probably pay more.... I've looked at it in the past, but stick with Brute's as the work out to a lot less...
     
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    Are the trash cans safe for water storage?
     
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    40gallon brute rubber maids work good. Just a little tricky to get the bulk heads to stop leaking at the bulkheads at first, but they work great for us.
     
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    Did you use bulkheads or a uniseal? Uniseal will solve that problem.

    http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/plumbing/uniseals.html/
     
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    55gal plastic drums off CL. Lot of food processors dump them instead of shipping them around. $5-20 each.
    I also see the 250-300gal pallet sized ones. They are typically very expensive and have had chlorine or bromine in them.
     
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    The brute containers have come into question as of lately. I'm starting to wonder about all Rubbermaid containers that aren't specifically food safe.

    And you should definitely use uniseals on round containers like trash cans or water tanks

    Ironically, many storage tanks are not warrantied if storing RODI water. Something about the more pure the water is the more aggressive it behaves.
     
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