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Thanks for your reply. My tank is about 140 L. Based on your comment and after reading few papers another idea came to my mind. You are absolutely right that BaSO4 is commonly used as a filler in various plastics. I also found that it is sometimes used to improve the properties of polypropylene (PP). I checked my bucket for saltwater prep and it has a symbol showing 5-PP, so its definitely made from PP. I purchased it as a food-approved bucket, but I found that BaSO4 is commonly uzlilized for this type of plastics used in food industry with no health concerns. Thus, is there a chance that high Ba might be caused by the storage of RO/DI and prep of saltwater in such type of bucket? Could RO/DI “dissolve” the surface of my bucket? If yes, what type of plastics anybody uses for this purpose? Any insights highly appreciated.@TheBiochemist Cool glad you found this. I'm thinking now it might of started its life out as BaSO4. Your .2230mg/L almost matches its solubility in plain water. Gives it more chemical resistance and a filler in plastics to dampen vibration. In presence of other anions it can be more soluble. How many liters is your tank? If from metal maybe a oxide to hydroxide form. The Al and zn from the metal parts. I try to get ceramic impeller shafts. Some of the metal ones I replace with grade 2 titanium rods. It galls up at first but usually smooths itself out. Guess not much one can do about the plastic parts in that case.