Which trash can again, brute?

kathywithbirds · 02-15-2008, 08:32 AM

I KNOW I have asked this before, I searched all over and I can't find where so I'm posting again (story of my lilfe...)

Which trash can do y'all use for mixing, is it the brutes? I need to update my mixing strategies.

Thanks. I'm off to the LFS for a new hydrometer (broke ANOTHER one...) need some PH fix... then home depot! ... oh need another heater for the trash can...

boozeman · 02-15-2008, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by kathywithbirds

Which trash can do y'all use for mixing, is it the brutes? ...

tbittner · 02-15-2008, 09:42 AM

I use the 44g brute trash cans but any will do that are marked as HDPE.

BigAl07 · 02-15-2008, 09:47 AM

Brute 35 ( I think 35) here with a 200w Heater.

AQTCJAK · 02-15-2008, 10:37 AM

thats the ticket

vdituri · 02-15-2008, 11:57 AM

Happy shopping. Sounds like a busy day.

Hope nothing at the LFS falls into your basket. I hear that can happen. lol

kathywithbirds · 02-15-2008, 12:40 PM

LOL. We went to petco just to be safe to get the hydrometer (I won't buy fish from petco) and they still had a butterfly fish that I looked at for a while.

OK, all set!! 44 gal brute trash can, ready to go on the back porch, we can stick the RO/DI tube out the back window and into the can!!

Thanks guys.

CMG · 02-15-2008, 02:11 PM

The thing I noticed with putting the water containers outside is trying to keep them heated. Even with the heater in my trash can outside its way too cold to keep it a good temp so I do it inside now.

I am torn about buying fish from Petco/Petsmart. Do I save the little guys or do I not buy hoping that they will not sell fish anymore (yeah right)....poor guys.

Doot77 · 02-15-2008, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CMG

I am torn about buying fish from Petco/Petsmart. Do I save the little guys or do I not buy hoping that they will not sell fish anymore (yeah right)....poor guys.

Well I used to feel the same, but after the last fish I bought didn't even make it 24hrs and they wouldn't give me a refund or store credit "due to saltwater fish being so sensitive" I've refused to shop there ever again.

kathywithbirds · 02-15-2008, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CMG

The thing I noticed with putting the water containers outside is trying to keep them heated. Even with the heater in my trash can outside its way too cold to keep it a good temp so I do it inside now.

I am torn about buying fish from Petco/Petsmart. Do I save the little guys or do I not buy hoping that they will not sell fish anymore (yeah right)....poor guys.

This porch is all enclosed, brick walls with storm windows. Gets cold if we don't put a heater on in there but with a space heater it's not bad. And I run the space heater anyway bec. my treadmill and elliptical are in there. I refuse to exercise in the cold. Maybe why I can't drop any weight

Yeah, I dunno about Petco either. This one place, their livestock seems OK and one or two employees seem to know what they're doing but another one a little up the way is horrendous. I feel the same, do I boycott and hope others do to or save the poor things?

garret · 02-19-2008, 12:42 AM

i use a 100gal vat but befor that i used a rubbermaid roughneck
i love my vat heres a pic befor it was hooked up

i don't know if the pic will work

Ratpack · 02-20-2008, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tbittner

I use the 44g brute trash cans but any will do that are marked as HDPE.

Are you folks getting these at the HD or Lowes? I checked all their Brute trash cans and they are all marked with a 4 or 5 in the recycle triangle and neither of which is HDPE. HDPE is a level 2. I haven't bought one yet because I was looking for the HDPE, but maybe the 4 is OK. Level 4 is LDPE or low density polyethylene and level 5 is PP or polypropylene.

kathywithbirds · 02-20-2008, 10:03 AM

I got mine from home depot. 44 gallon round. I would have liked square, but couldn't find one. I'll look and see what number mine has on it.

02-15-2008, 08:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,711 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Which trash can again, brute? LOL. We went to petco just to be safe to get the hydrometer (I won't buy fish from petco) and they still had a butterfly fish that I looked at for a while. OK, all set!! 44 gal brute trash can, ready to go on the back porch, we can stick the RO/DI tube out the back window and into the can!! Thanks guys. __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

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CMG Torch coral Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sonoma County, CA Posts: 586 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Which trash can again, brute? The thing I noticed with putting the water containers outside is trying to keep them heated. Even with the heater in my trash can outside its way too cold to keep it a good temp so I do it inside now. I am torn about buying fish from Petco/Petsmart. Do I save the little guys or do I not buy hoping that they will not sell fish anymore (yeah right)....poor guys. __________________ My Chronical: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wlr-setup.html 40g, Purple Dartfish (squirley), Banggai Cardinal (Spot), 3 sand sifting snails, 3 nerite snails and a golden banded shrimp (Batman).

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,711 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Which trash can again, brute? I got mine from home depot. 44 gallon round. I would have liked square, but couldn't find one. I'll look and see what number mine has on it. __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

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