So, I'm hoping to get the saltwater for my new tank tomorrow. Well, I was anyway. I just called the LFS and was told they charge $10.00 per 5gal bucket (for the actual bucket itself) if I don't have anything to transport it myself. Obviously I expected there to be a charge for buying their buckets but I never guessed it would cost that much. First of all - is that pretty reasonable and standard? Second, does anyone have anyone have any good ideas for maybe a more economical way to transport water? lol The do not have the ability for me to back up to their door like some other stores, so anything that can't be relatively easily carried out by two women is out of the question. We're strong but not that strong. lol Thanks in advance!
I work at pet country in conway, and we sell the five gallon jugs for 9.99, but if your starting a new aquarium we will let you borrow a few of our buckets as long as you promise to return them.
I bought six from northside... Then I bought this http://www.tbaquatics.com/shop/75-150-g ... r-327.html Great unit & price - life time guarantee I make my ro/di change water & still buy my sw. I hook this up to my faucet in the bathroom & make my water in my shower.
Most places like pet country and northside will let you use jugs to carry the water home as long as you bring them back.... Why buy the jugs??
Why buy water????? Get a reasonable RODI unit and a bucket of salt and you're home free without the hasle of transporting and lifting buckets.
Mail order a RO/DI unit don't buy from a local LFS that want to charge you 10 a bucket + water (if I understood right). Then buy a Rubbermaid Brute garbage can (these are food grade safe) to store your water in. Keep a small maxi jet in the bottom to keep the water moving. There are several reasonable sites to buy a good water unit from. Just ask folks here on the site for links. Also buy all of your replacement water filters on line. You can go to USPlastics.com for buckets or other site for storage containers.
How many gallons of water do you need transported... blake and i have a nice way to move @200 gallons of water in one trip.... would have to confirm with him cost of the actual move.. weight of that much water makes gas mileage go way down where you located and which store you needing to move water from?
If interested... I have talked to the owner TB Aquatics - really nice guy, his name is Brian, if you ask him, he will beat any price on any similar item he carries, beating any price you can find & ship for free. I did a lot of research before choosing the ro/di unit I got. Another very very fine company with quality ro/di units is Bulk Reef Supply http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/pro ... ilter-kits
If I'm wrong on this someone correct me, but you could buy a new ( not used and cleaned ) 55 gallon plastic drum, set it up in the back of your truck, and use a water hose to pump water into it. When you get to the house same thing, just take the pump you use for your tank, drop it in the drum and pump your water into the house. This is what I did to setup my 75 gallon, I had about 50 gal in a drum in the back of the truck, just used a new hose, hose clamp, and the pump I'm using for my return and it went very smoothly. Just a word of warning if you decide to do it like this. When you disconnect the pump it will back siphon the water if you don't take it out of your tank first ( chalk up one for this dunce )
Use old Instant ocean salt bucket for moving water around. That way when you buy salt you end up with a free bucket.
IMO RO/DI is the only way to go. I see them for sale on Razorback Reef often. Around $75 and up even if you get a new one (I paid $225 at NSA and worth every penny) it is well worth the money. If I had to go back to lugging water I might just get out of the hobby altogether.
