does anyone have experience with transporting fish in the orange colored Home Depot buckets
i'll be doing a 10 hour transport soon & want to be sure that these buckets (they will be purchased new & clean/unused for anything else) are safe to use
Thanks!
Home Depot Buckets For Transport
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Re: Home Depot Buckets For Transport
Should be fine, just rinse well with hot water.
library/puffer-care/moving-and-transpor ... and-tanks/
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Re: Home Depot Buckets For Transport
thanksPufferpunk wrote:Should be fine, just rinse well with hot water.
library/puffer-care/moving-and-transpor ... and-tanks/
i read & re-read the library article several times - lots of valuable info there
wanted to be sure that the bucket plastic won't be harmful or toxic
has anyone else used them for transport or water storage?
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They're just plain old clean buckets.
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Re: Home Depot Buckets For Transport
I use 5 gallon Lowes buckets for taking water out of my tanks and for transporting new water for my dad's tank. They are sold never before used and I rinsed them several times before my first use. Never had a problem.
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Don't forget a lid, they only cost $1.
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Re: Home Depot Buckets For Transport
eieio wrote:does anyone have experience with transporting fish in the orange colored Home Depot buckets
i'll be doing a 10 hour transport soon & want to be sure that these buckets (they will be purchased new & clean/unused for anything else) are safe to use
Thanks!
Before getting an RO system I would transport water from the lfs all the time in orange buckets.