Hydrogen peroxide disburses into oxygen and water once it's subjected to light I think. There should be no problems putting fish or food stuff in them, unless the containers aren't food-certified. On Sep 14, 2008, at 4:12 PM, Susan Welenofsky wrote: > If it's hydrogen peroxide that's been in them, that is a bleaching > agent. I > wouldn't worry about it so much. Put a goldfish in there if you are > really > concerned. > > Susan > > -----Original Message----- > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Mark Dorward > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 9:28 AM > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums > > Either way, > your going to want to do a Bleach dip on em' to be > safe.. > I personally wouldn't use any barrels that had any sort of chemicals > in them > > for sure. > I've had ones that you can smell the food that was previously in > them but I > always > ask prior to getting them as well.. I am very cautious about these > since I > use them > for Pre-treatment of all my water for my Discus.... FWIW.... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com> > To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com > > > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:56 PM > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums > > >> >> I was thinking of giving that warning myself-- if you have no >> experience >> with these types of containers, they're often used for importing food >> items like olives, but they're also often used for things like >> antibacterial soap. >> >> Needless to say that can be a big problem for your fish, even after >> you >> think you have it rinsed out. >> >> Just a heads up! >> >> Cliff >> >> >> >> >>> What was in them originally? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com >>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Doerr, Jesse >>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:10 PM >>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat >>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums >>> >>> Man, with one of those I could setup a sump bigger than all of my >>> tank >>> capacity combined! >>> >>> Jesse Doerr >>> >>> Field Service Engineer >>> FEI Company >>> (503)267-9620 >>> jesse.doerr@fei.com >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com >>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Mark Dorward >>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:59 PM >>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat >>> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums >>> >>> Sounds like these are a Freebie !!!!! >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Greg Richardson >>> To: michaelohl@comcast.net ; Mark Dorward >>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:45 PM >>> Subject: polly drums >>> >>> >>> http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/zip/837215516.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member