mling October 15, 2004 Share October 15, 2004 RO/DI storage containersMy RO/DI takes about an hour to fill up about 6 Gal, partly because it has a drinking water outlet that is used fairly often. I would like to store RO/DI water and put them aside for ready use. I am wondering what type of container to use and what to stay away from. I am considering dry wall buckets or milk containers. Are these ok once you rinse them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelg October 15, 2004 Share October 15, 2004 See if you can find containers from water fountains, or just buy new 5 gallon buckets from home depot. I would not trust getting a drywall bucket clean enough- likewise with milk containers (which are real small anyways). Else, a rubbermaid trash can or similar container is used by many. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerseller October 15, 2004 Share October 15, 2004 I use a 32g rubbermaid trash can from HD. HD also sells 5g buckets with lids. Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krish October 15, 2004 Share October 15, 2004 The 30G trash can with lid is about 8 bucks in walmart. You can store water for the fishies. Not drinking water. The plastic is not high grade. I normally don't store too much water, since it needs to be kept aerated. -krish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikesroth October 15, 2004 Share October 15, 2004 By a Rubbermaid BRUTE trash can container. They are food-safe, and you can get them in plenty of sizes. You can also get rollers to keep them on so that you can wheel them around. You can get them at Home Depot. If I remember right, the lighter colored ones are better (blue, light gray, white, yellow). I believe they may even say something on them about being food safe. I read somethig on RC about not using normal trash cans. Apparently they are starting to put fungicides, or something like that on the plastics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowrie October 15, 2004 Share October 15, 2004 We use the big trash can with powerheads in it for large water changes but before we had the auto top-off system we used the gallon milk jugs for DI to top off and for kalk. They were easier to carry up and down stairs than the buckets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikesroth October 15, 2004 Share October 15, 2004 Actually, when Jen first started her tank, she used water from the grocery store that came in what looks like milk containers. So I put water in them for her, but I tend to use them also, easier to top my tank off with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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