peanut oil?

[ionredline0260]

I knew that title would get your attention, but believe it or not it does have some thing to do with it. I work at Chic-fil-a, A quick service chicken restaurant, we use peanut oil, allot. And it comes in 5 gallon plastic jugs with a handle. MY question is if I wash them with a mild detergent, rise VERY THROUGHLY, then do a rinse with vinager, and maybe even let them sit over night, can I use them to hall SW from my LFS? I already did all of the above to 2 of them, I also got a 5 gallon pickle bucket that I did the same to. ( really nice has a rubber gasket sealed lid but thats beside the point ) So Good to go or find some thing else?

 

[kfowler]

I don't see any reason why not. Pickle buckets would be better if they had some.

 

[drummereef]

This doesn't help but, I love Chic-fil-a. Nuggets are the bomb.

 

[ionredline0260]

We go through maybe 2 a week, but I won't be able to wait 3 weeks for them to set up my first FOWLR.

 

[prestage3ek]

how much water are you lookin at luggin around? I just went to my local ACE hardware and bought FOUR 5 gallon buckets with lids for less than $20, almost seems more worth your time and money to do that then spend all your time taking jugs and rinsing them out and possibly running the risk of something happening to the water from carrying them in the post peanut oil jugs.

 

[ionredline0260]

29 gallons. My LFS sells water jugs for $7 each but I was just lookin to get some for free.

 

[Boxermom]

bigalsonline.com sells them for $3

 

[Krazy]

walmart sells "aquataniers" which are 7 gallons, I think 9.95 a piece

A few of us that I know in the local reef club have and use these

I dont see why the peanut oil jugs wouldnt work though, just give them an ULTRA GOOD cleaning

 

[greenbean36191]

I wouldn't use detergent to clean them. As a rule in the lab, once you use detergent to clean something, it can't be used in a system with the animals again.

I would just give them a thorough rinse and then use them. Afterall, vegetable oil is a commonly used lubricant for aquarium pumps.

 

[returnofsid]

No detergent!! Hot water, bleach, maybe vinegar. Then rinse with hot water several times. Definately don't use detergent. If you're unable to get every lil' molecule of detergent out of the container, it'll be phosphate heaven!! Lots of algae!!!

 

[monicaswizzle]

Food grade jugs should be fine for use with SW tanks. I use 60 gallon barrels that originally contained Spanish olives for my water storage and 5 gallon jugs that originally contained rennet (used in cheese making) for water transportation. You should rinse them very thoroughly to avoid adding organic matter to your tank, but IMO, it is better to stay away from washing them with soap. A small amount of peanut oil residue will do a lot less damage to your tank than a small amount of soap would.