DenverDave
New member
Hi Randy,
I'm trying to decide on a cheap storage method for about 17 gallons of full-strength limewater that will sit for a week when I am on vacation (the person watching my tank will add these to the ATO reservior).
If I buy distilled water in the gallon jugs to aquire the jugs (I don't have 17 of them), dump the distlled water, and then fill with my RO/DI water to then dissolve the pickling lime, do I have to worry about copper leaching into my solution? I have heard that distilled water companies might introduce copper into the water and was wandering if that is absorbed by the HDPE and then released into my limewater.
If this may be the case, do you have any other ideas on relatively cheap alternative storage devices? What about gasoline cans (the red ones)?
Finally, what should I look for on the label to determine if there is too much polycarbonate in the material?
Thanks
Dave
I'm trying to decide on a cheap storage method for about 17 gallons of full-strength limewater that will sit for a week when I am on vacation (the person watching my tank will add these to the ATO reservior).
If I buy distilled water in the gallon jugs to aquire the jugs (I don't have 17 of them), dump the distlled water, and then fill with my RO/DI water to then dissolve the pickling lime, do I have to worry about copper leaching into my solution? I have heard that distilled water companies might introduce copper into the water and was wandering if that is absorbed by the HDPE and then released into my limewater.
If this may be the case, do you have any other ideas on relatively cheap alternative storage devices? What about gasoline cans (the red ones)?
Finally, what should I look for on the label to determine if there is too much polycarbonate in the material?
Thanks
Dave