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    Water drums

    So a set up the marine tank for little one for Christmas. And now going to disney for her birthday and need some one to watch fishys and top water up would these drums be OK do you think

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    i would only use barrels that have held food grade liquid, orange juice concentrate ect...not cleaning chemicals.
    afaik all plastics have some capacity however small, to adsorb liquids so it could leech out.

    myself i've used the clear plastic storage boxes before, for top up reservoirs and for water changes.
    anything from 20-100 litres plus. and they're plenty cheap from pound stretcher or B&M ect....

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    Cheers mate I'll have a look around

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Cheers mate I'll have a look around

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    also a bit more sturdy than the boxes, i've used 25ltr brewers fermenting buckets, wilko's do them...£10

    https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-fe...-25l/p/0022555

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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    also a bit more sturdy than the boxes, i've used 25ltr brewers fermenting buckets, wilko's do them...£10

    https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-fe...-25l/p/0022555
    Spot on seen then as thought about doing wine and never even give a thought

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    for the duration your away a table water jug will easily be enough volume for a ro top up tank.
    the slow pond build thread

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    Evaporation seems massive at the moment because there is no lid

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    do you have a large difference between tank temp and room temp?

    my 500+ ltr one used to lose a lot, but adjusting the temp has it down at maybe a ltr in a few weeks
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    I didn't think so tank is at 25 and room is bouncing at the moment as we have a coal fire as sol heating for house so is on 24 7. Haven't got a room thermometer tho tbf. Losing about a 1 to 2 liters a day but tank is only 100 liters

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    no leaks or spaces happening? the beauty of salt water is easy to spot leaks as the salts left behind, as that seems a lot, and unless your getting all that moisture drawn up the chimney, have you now condensation on walls or windows?

    clean film works as a temp cover and there's plenty of acrylic dealers on line, can even get it delivered with corners rounded and a air/feeding hole in
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    Thought about acrylic lid so now that you've said it I'll look in to that. The only condension I've noticed is the upstairs far corner couldn't be more far apart if I tryed and no sign of leaks I check every sort of hoping I find one so I know why

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    the damp could well be from the tank and other daily house use, its going to come out on the coldest spot,

    my set ups been unusual since mid summer, heater I think died then, and its been without ever since, corals news etc all still growing and reproducing and doing fine, same with the wave maker, it needed a new bearing as I went to work and for some reason not replaced and with just a return pump from sump running all is fine.

    its also run with only top ups and no water changes for at least 4 years,
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    Really 4 years wow that's some going like o lt had it since Christmas eve but to me it's big shock to koi but that could be just til I get used to it?

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    its very easy to run, the less you mess with it and stick hands in etc the more stable it runs,

    the first few months while it cycles and you get diatom blooms etc are a bit frustrating,
    the slow pond build thread

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    Gotta says it's a nice change from cold water. Am running fish only at the moment but once I get to grips with it all I would like to move in to corals maybe back end of year but we ll say anit cheap but beautiful. Little legs wants a sand shifting star next and a couple hermits

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    your tank wont be ready for a sand sifter for a long time yet, or your just going to watch it slowly die

    you did not add CUC when sdetting it up?

    zoas and mushrooms are dead simple, though just need to be wary of palytoxin
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    Got a blood red shrimp and 2 tiny tiny clowns won't even be the size of a little finger nail. I'll bear that it mind mate thank you need to change the lights and that to coral first. Ah they didn't tell is that in the shop they were going to let me get the star as first fish!!

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    my retailer would ask how old the set up is, before adding a critter that needs an established sandbed.

    have fun with the clowns, they will ensure you dont stick your hands in, fiesty little fellas, the dominate one will soon enough become female and have a growth spurt and keep the male in check. they were sold in a shop that small?
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    Yeah said they were the smallest that they had had for a good while starting to lose faith in every shop around my way now like. I kown its a business but they seem to just be seeing pound signs and anything else...... thinking of a damsel and a gobie?

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    you need a shoal of damsels or they stress and a few as they naturally bully each other, gobies are fun, some clowns gobys (not worth getting if going down sps route, as will sit on them) and sand sifters are fun
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