I'm having a hard time finding a place the "rents" the tanks out. Everett Carbonic says that the tanks develop "legs". Susan -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of pwallace@u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:55 AM To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Valuable Advice on Getting a CO2 Container Cheap! Susan, What you are describing with the keg CO2 is exactly the same as a "tank swap" at Central Welding (or any other place that fills CO2). I show up with 5lb tank empty, give them my $11 and walk out with a full tank. The gas is near free so the $11 pays for the labor and recertification etc. If I owned my own tank, the test interval for CO2 is 5 years and takes a few days. The danger of CO2 with keg is the store generally wants the CO2 back at the same time the keg is returned. Always read the rental agreement. -Paul *************************** Alumni 2005 University Of Washington *************************** On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Susan Welenofsky wrote: > Here's some good advice on getting a tank: It is possible that your state > requires you to get your cylinder re-certified every few years to make sure > it's still in good, safe, working operation. Many of today's cylinders are > stamped with a date on them. Re-certifying a cylinder can sometimes be a > hassle and cost you a few bucks and a few hours of precious time. If you > don't get it re-certified you may be turned away to get your cylinder > refilled. (Propane tanks are very similar) So, here's what we suggest; get > your Co2 cylinder from a liquor store that sells keg beer. If they sell keg > beer, then they certainly sell the equipment to operate a Co2-ran Kegmeister > or beer tap. Check your yellow pages for a store close to home. If you go > into your neighborhood liquor store and ask them for a 10-pound cylinder > (see what other sizes they have available) for your Kegmeister, (if you tell > them it's for an aquarium they might not understand) have it filled up, they > won't ask you any questions and they will take a credit card number from you > for the deposit on the cylinder. Typically a deposit is a cheap as $35 to > $50 bucks. In 8 or 10 months when you go into the same store to have it > filled again, they'll just charge you for the refill and that's it. Here's > where this is a good idea.....one day that cylinder you got from that liquor > store is going to expire and need to be re-certified. Well, when that > happens, the employee will recognize that it is one of their cylinders, and > just swap it out for a fresh one. Done! They won't charge you for a deposit > on the new one, and everything is good. By then, they'll recognize you as a > regular customer anyway. Your probably gonna end up buying chips, milk or > beer from their store anyway. Everyone wins! > > > > Does anyone know where they sell Kegmeister or Beer Taps? > > > > Susan > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member