what container do you use to mix salt water?

[fungia]

i want to do bigger water changes, i have been doing 20 gallons on my 100 gallon tank and i want to do 40 gallon now. what kind of container do you use to mix your water? are big plastic trash cans ok?

 

[Anonymous]

I use the garbage cans, specifically the more robust ones not the cheapy ones as those can definitely crack over time due to the flexing.

You could always try and find a spare acrylic tank or something too.

 

[Anonymous]

I use a plastic 55 gallon drum

 

[Anonymous]

Once I'd got through an entire large Instant Ocean bucket, I started using that. Then added another, and another as I used them up.

 

[Len]

I use a big rubbermaid 45g trash can. If the container has NSF stamped somewhere on it, it's pretty much guaranteed safe for mixing water because it indicates these are food-safe containers. Rubbermaid trash cans (maybe surprisingly) are food safe.

 

[Anonymous]

Its how lots of large institutions mix food

 

[Sea Turtle]

I use a big rubbermaid 45g trash can. If the container has NSF stamped somewhere on it, it's pretty much guaranteed safe for mixing water because it indicates these are food-safe containers. Rubbermaid trash cans (maybe surprisingly) are food safe.

+1 This is what I use. Makes it very easy. You can use a water pump to mix and fill the tank.

 

[Anonymous]

I used to use plastic trash cans, the big ones. Line them with garbage bags (untreated with anything, no anti-anything) as they're chemically inert.

 

[Anonymous]

I use two of these, one for saltwater and one for RODI top-off:

32 gallons each, and pretty cheap at the hardware store.

 

[pcardone]

the local wine,beer making supply. Has all kinds of cool stuff.

 

[Anonymous]

I used the 20 gal totes with the rope handles. Usually it was just one for the weekly 20 gal water change. I had four so I could do larger water changes if I needed to.

 

[Ben1]

I use a big rubbermaid 45g trash can. If the container has NSF stamped somewhere on it, it's pretty much guaranteed safe for mixing water because it indicates these are food-safe containers. Rubbermaid trash cans (maybe surprisingly) are food safe.
+1 This is what I use. Makes it very easy. You can use a water pump to mix and fill the tank.

I use the 45 gal rubbermaid brute trashcans and got the lock on wheels to help me move the old water away.

 

[Anonymous]

4 IO buckets.

 

[Ummfish]

Careful with the rubbermaids. There's a report floating around that a batch of them is putting off toxins.