who uses a wheelie bin for water storage

[Bad Inferno]

Guy's,

I need to increase my storage capacity from my little 110 litre container as I am planning a larger tank. I was thinking of getting a new 240 litre wheelie bin.

do many people use these bins. From memory they are only about $80.00

rob

[Liverpool_pete]

I havent used a bin myself but i have seen them used before. Have you thought about the 220 Litre plastic barrels?? They should only cost between $20 and $30 from a home brew shop and are food grade so you know they are safe.

HTH

Peter

[Fish Rock Aquariums]

Guy's,

I need to increase my storage capacity from my little 110 litre container as I am planning a larger tank. I was thinking of getting a new 240 litre wheelie bin.

do many people use these bins. From memory they are only about $80.00

rob

becareful with the wheelie bins, rumour has it some have some sort anti fungus/bacterial chemical in or on it! not sure if it's true but i would not take the risk

go pete's idea and get a food grade drum, more volume anyways :)

HTH

[Ben]

best to use food grade drums.

I have one spare if you want it Rob

[Mulisha]

best to use food grade drums.

I have one spare if you want it Rob

I would take that up Rob becuase you then know it's safe 8-)

Ben you always seem to have barrels for sale you down sizing the amount of tanks you have or are you using one of those 1000L square containers?

[Bad Inferno]

Yeah it does make sense that they would put anti fungal within the HDPE.... suppose its the same as they put in the garden hoses....

your offer sounds great Ben thanks...I'll PM you for size and costs

cheers rob

[Mattzilla]

yeah grab the food grade bins...about 220ltrs for only about $20

cheers

[!~dEv|nE-dArKnEsS~!]

any exact places i can get a 220ltr drum from and a price?
Thanks
Jezza :D

[Discus Dan]

Anybody know any places in the Cairns area that have food grade 220L drums?

[Mattzilla]

they have them on ebay a lot....

[kalebjarrod]

wheelie bins arn't design to be full of water

when you do fill them up they can crack in th base and this tends to make a mess, funny that :wink:

food grade 200lt drums are the way to go

[Mattzilla]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/220-Litre-DRUM-TANK-WATER-RAIN-GREY-RECYCLING-AQUARIUM_W0QQitemZ300086517110QQihZ020QQcategoryZ2 9522QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Mattzilla]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/220-Litre-DRUM-TANK-WATER-RAIN-GREY-RECYCLING-AQUARIUM_W0QQitemZ300086517110QQihZ020QQcategoryZ2 9522QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem