Re: Plastic toxin in tank

[Bradley Hudson <bsh@wwonline.com>]

IDMiamiBob wrote:
> 
> If you are looking for a large, barrel-shaped container at a budget price,
> here's a suggestion-
> Most larger cities have a local brand of meat packer that makes sausage,
> bologna, etc.  If they make pickle loaf, they are probably buying the relish
> for the pickles in 55 gallon, plastic barrels.  These barrels are non-toxic by
> FDA regulation.  When I got a couple from Russer Foods in Buffalo, NY years
> ago, all I had to pay was the ten dollar deposit per barrel that Russer had
> paid to the pickle people as a "bottle deposit".  It was cheaper to sell them
> to me than to ship them back to get the ten bucks.  The dill and vinegar smell
> lasted a long time, almost a year, but it never hurt the fish or plants.

I too have used these plastice blue containers also with the pickle smell. They were used for my discus ro water storage, Only I paid 20 
bucks!!!


Brad Hudson

Mississauga Ontario
Canada