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My reef has (very nearly) made it to the first year mark - a personal milestone - and despite a few "exciting" moments, we're doing ok and hanging in there...
I store 100 litres (Metric, sorry - I'm in Australia) of RODI water in a rainwater barrel that I bought from the gardening section of a hardware store, and i'm conscious its NOT Foodsafe verified. I then mix up 30 litres of saltwater at a time in a smaller water container - tagged as "suitable for camping" which I'm taking to be food safe, without with using the words.
I've read several articles saying that water storage needs to be food safe stamped / verified / certified etc. and that Foodsafe storage solutions "guarantee" no chemicals end up in the water
However I haven't seen anything that actually says how bad this is can be / if this is essential / what happens if you don't do this... Is this a recommendation or a mandatory rule I'm breaking?
I've found Foodsafe storage solutions to be incredibly hard to find here in Australia (Any suggestions?), and wondering I've just been lucky / if I'm on borrowed time before a total crash, or if this isn't actually critical (Keeping LPS / Softies right now, and I'm pretty sure that any corals that haven't made it have been more due to flow / placement / lights / my mistakes than anything in the water)
I have an ICP test where I'm waiting for results - anything I should expect to see if plastic nasties are indeed getting into the water?
Any and all thoughts appreciated.
I store 100 litres (Metric, sorry - I'm in Australia) of RODI water in a rainwater barrel that I bought from the gardening section of a hardware store, and i'm conscious its NOT Foodsafe verified. I then mix up 30 litres of saltwater at a time in a smaller water container - tagged as "suitable for camping" which I'm taking to be food safe, without with using the words.
I've read several articles saying that water storage needs to be food safe stamped / verified / certified etc. and that Foodsafe storage solutions "guarantee" no chemicals end up in the water
However I haven't seen anything that actually says how bad this is can be / if this is essential / what happens if you don't do this... Is this a recommendation or a mandatory rule I'm breaking?
I've found Foodsafe storage solutions to be incredibly hard to find here in Australia (Any suggestions?), and wondering I've just been lucky / if I'm on borrowed time before a total crash, or if this isn't actually critical (Keeping LPS / Softies right now, and I'm pretty sure that any corals that haven't made it have been more due to flow / placement / lights / my mistakes than anything in the water)
I have an ICP test where I'm waiting for results - anything I should expect to see if plastic nasties are indeed getting into the water?
Any and all thoughts appreciated.