WTB : water container

Van-rookie · #1 09-13-2009, 04:49 PM

Hi I am going out of town for a couple of weeks and want to prepare some saltwater for the person who will look after my tank so he can top off it easily.

Anyone who have plastic container that they need to get rid of, please send pic if possible along with asking price.

thx

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #2 09-13-2009, 06:31 PM

I have a 20g heavy duty bucket that you can BORROW (I want it back when you come back from your trip).

Anthony

Van-rookie · #3 09-13-2009, 08:58 PM

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for the offer, but I am looking something cheap that I can keep.
Been thinking to maybe just use the 55G tank that I am planning to sell, didn't thought of that earlier.

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Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

I have a 20g heavy duty bucket that you can BORROW (I want it back when you come back from your trip).

Anthony

Snaz · #4 09-13-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Van-rookie

Hi I am going out of town for a couple of weeks and want to prepare some saltwater for the person who will look after my tank so he can top off it easily.

Anyone who have plastic container that they need to get rid of, please send pic if possible along with asking price.

thx

Perhaps I am missing something here but wouldn't top off water be fresh water? Got a leak?

Van-rookie · #5 09-13-2009, 09:00 PM

No leak. Just the person pet sitting for me doesn't know much about saltwater...I don't want the parameter goes "too" wrong.

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Originally Posted by Snaz

Perhaps I am missing something here but wouldn't top off water be fresh water? Got a leak?

Myka · #6 09-13-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Van-rookie

No leak. Just the person pet sitting for me doesn't know much about saltwater...I don't want the parameter goes "too" wrong.

The parameters will go very wrong if he is topping up with saltwater. Make sure he tops up with freshwater.

On the other hand, there are several really good professional tank sitting businesses in Vancouver. You could hire one of them to at least come and dose the tank for calcium and alkalinity a couple times while you are gone. I would recommend Raf & Diana at Aquatic Escapes, but it depends what part of the city you live in. At least take a look at that option, it is a much safer option.

Van-rookie · #7 09-13-2009, 09:25 PM

Hi Myka....thanks for the advice.
I don't really have a lot in my tank At the moment, after the heat wave attack and also a very recent refractometer salinity caibration that went wrong.

So professional tank sitting would be too much I think.

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Originally Posted by Myka

The parameters will go very wrong if he is topping up with saltwater. Make sure he tops up with freshwater.

On the other hand, there are several really good professional tank sitting businesses in Vancouver. You could hire one of them to at least come and dose the tank for calcium and alkalinity a couple times while you are gone. I would recommend Raf & Diana at Aquatic Escapes, but it depends what part of the city you live in. At least take a look at that option, it is a much safer option.

Myka · #8 09-13-2009, 11:51 PM

Do you have any "Early's" farm supply stores there? The ones here sell used rain barrels. They are food safe, and have had consumable oils in them (IE flax oil, canola oil, etc). You need to wash them out very well, but they are only $20 each. They have got to hold about 60 gallons. I didn't look too closely, but I think the tops need to be cut off...easy job with a circular saw. I think am going to pick up a couple for my water bins. I checked out the price of new barrels instead at Flaman's, and they were $99 for the same ones.