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Thread: Reusing Steel barrels for pond
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24-11-2018, 11:51 AM #1
Reusing Steel barrels for pond
Hi guys,
I’ve got some old steel barrels that were used for construction resin. Has anyone had any experience or have cleaned up old barrels/buckets in the past for use with koi?
Regards
Ken
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01-12-2018, 12:18 AM #2
What would you want to do with them?
Steel and resins???
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12-12-2018, 03:47 PM #3
Ya, I ended up throwing them away. Might use them as incinerator bins.
Went and purchased a couple of blue shipping barrels, to try make my own filter.
Found an aluminium storage barrel which I could use for a diy drum filter! I need to test it for rusting first.
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12-12-2018, 04:51 PM #4
Kenny,
I wouldn't recommend using an aluminium barrel. Aluminium is acutely toxic to fish especially at lower values of pH. The gill is the principal target organ and death is due to a combination of ionoregulatory,osmoregulatory and respiratory dysfunction.
Translated into English; that means aluminium buggers up respiration and the other important gill functions.
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12-12-2018, 06:56 PM #5
You can get a food grade plastic barrel/keg of eBay with a clamp fit lid for reasonable money.
Depends on size, 120lt is about £30
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12-12-2018, 06:58 PM #6
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12-12-2018, 07:00 PM #7
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12-12-2018, 11:34 PM #8
Ive got one of these and wanted £70 for it and had no takers.was going to use as a bio chamber but decided to just keep my nexus.the easy section is out of a nexus 300 and is a fortune on there own lol
andi
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