Is this safe to mix my salt water in?
- Thread starter fishkeeprian
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lpsouth1978
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They claim it is food grade, so it should be fine. Many reefers, including myself, use the Brute trash cans for mixing.
fishkeeprian
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I've just noticed when I warm my water up and put the lid on then a few hours later take the lid off it smells like plastic, is this normal? The brute cans are really expensive in the UK.
lpsouth1978
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The plastic smell is pretty normal, I usually don't keep the lids on or don't put them on tight to allow for some air exchange.
+1 on brute. Only thing I would worry about with that is it doesn't say how thick the plastic is, to thin it might not support a full load of water very well if you put it on a dolly. looking at it it looks similar to the brute, but it might be worth asking on there how thick it is.
dsimonsonsr
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Same question here. I was able to pickup two 55 gallon food grade hard plastic barrels that olives were shipped for $20. I've been scrubbing, rinsing and baking in sun over and over for about 10 days now. Still when I spray the walls with a nozzle on the hose and will get a very very light glimmer substance of the waters surface. I haven't wanted to use anything stronger than Dawn dish soap. Any thoughts or advise on if they are clean enough or some other cleaner I can use?
mcgyvr
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Vinegar is a great cleaning product to use in this hobby and anywhere for that matter..
dsimonsonsr
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thank you. going to try this tonight
