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I only have a 40 gallon tank, but using 5 gallon buckets is becoming a pain.
I am thinking about using a 25 gallon plastic trash can, but not sure if they would be safe to use.
Wondering what you guys use to mix salt in.
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| I use use the 5 gallon Zepherly Hills drinking water bottles to mix my salt in. They work pretty good for me because they are easy to pick up, move around, and plus you can put a cap on them and store the saltwater. There is nothing harmful about useing a clean new plastic trash can, however it would be kinda awkward to move around.
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My LFS has three trash cans for adding and taking out water from their tanks: one to add water to s/w, one to add water to f/w, and one for the dirty water they suck out. Then they suck the clean, new water back through a gravel vacuum. :D
10 Gallon Planted Freshwater:
3 Balloon Mollies (Hugh + Clementine + Bri)
6 Harlequin Rasboras (The Bike Gang)
4 Kuhli Loaches (Jamal + Lashawna + Devontae + Dex)
3 Otocinclus (The Maids)
4 Gallon Planted Betta Tank:
1 Male Veiltail Betta (Kobe)
2.5 Gallon Betta Tank:
1 Male Crowntail Betta (Colin)
1/2 Gallon Live Plant Aquarium:
Water Sprite
Amazon Sword
40 Gallon Rubbermaid Balloon Molly Grow-Out:
100s of Balloon Mollies (mostly juvenilles to adults)
10 Gallon Birthplace and Nursery:
100s of Balloon Mollies (mostly fry to very young)Other Pets:
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
1.0.0 Chinese Hamster
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I use a Rubbermaid trash can but anything that will hold water will do. My set up includes a power head and a heater. I start mixing 24-48 hours prior to a change. The power head of keeps the water moving to disolve the salt and to keep the oxygen level up. The heater insures that the water temp of the clean water is the same as that in the tank. :)
So many species, so little money!
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An inexpensive "quietone" submersable pump - about 18 dollars - works as a great aggitator in a 5 gallon bucket -0 and mixes in no timer at all - just leave both intake and outlet without ends on and it does the trick -
Eric
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