Want to Buy Large Food Safe Drums for Water Storage.

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Folks,
Looking to purchase Large 'Food Safe' Drums for Water Storage. Looking for 1 or 2 > 50 gallons in the Upstate New York area. Want to age my water to drive out the Clorine for water changes. Apprehensive about adding straight tap water @ 20 gallon shots a day to each of my tanks (25% daily water change). Perhaps, my concerns unwarranted...who knows...I'd still feel safer aging the water.

(Have a ton of polypropylene drums at my plant, but they all carried dangerous chemicals at some point. Just afraid of something harmful leaching.)

[heavyp83]

In austin, there's a store called Barrell City, they sell those drums for around 20 dollars. Also, I've heard that coca-cola bottling plants are a good place to get them cheap.

[Mike_Selley]

I get mine from the Coke or Pepsi bottling plants here for 5 or 6 bucks. They're usually already clean except for maybe a little syrup residue. I just rinse them out good and start using!

[discuskrib]

wow! $5-6 and you even get free pepsi when you add water. what a deal!

[barron]

Hi

I think you should age the water, this bring the ph to a stable point that matches the tanks.

The reduction of cl2 is an added benifit.

Barron

[discuskrib]

what kind of hazardous material was in the drums at your work? some of the chemicals may still be easily removed.
i work as a hazmat tech and have gotten some plastic drums from my employer to do the same thing. these drums also once contained liquids labelled as hazardous.

[RandalB]

I second the Coca Cola Plant. The one around here sells them for $10.00 each.

RandalB

[discuskrib]

you're right. i'd definately stay away from the phenols too. potassium permaganate would have been a perfect with little work to clean out the drum.
my drums used to contain the liquid used in paint balls. so far no ill effects on the fish after a very good cleaning.

any other food processing companies around you to ask?

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Folks,
Forgot to give you an update. I found a Pepsi Bottling Plant right near the Albany, NY airport, about 20 minutes from my home. I picked up 3 55gal White Poly Drums that used to contain syrup. Drums were $5 a piece. I have a thread going in the Photo Forum where I'll describe how I plumbed one of the Drums up for water changes.

[RandalB]

Told ya!

FDA regs say they can't reuse them so they are for sale cheapo!

RandalB

[limige]

wow, i've gotta find me a plant, i could use one or two for RO water!

[jeep]

You're lucky it wan't Dr. Pepper. My house has smelled of the stuff for 2 months now... And they're still unused and in the garage......

Curious... How did (or did) you remove the top? Was it not fused to the barrel?

I had to cut mine off with a saw...

Brian

[jeep]

My pump is a submersible one so I need a larger hole.

I'll just cut them off