I used a dog food container from Walmart. It’s clear and has an airtight top that latches. The top is cream colored. It holds about 3 gallons. I drilled a hole in the center of the top for the tubing.
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This is what I ended up doing when I illiminated the redsea stock reservoirs. I found a 5g for my 170 and a 10g for my 300. Reservoirs are overpriced for what they but I didn't want a bucket or something similar since I can't hide it.Check out the trigger blemished, those can be had for a decent deal and shipping is included.
unfortunately cement and earth… tanks in my basementThinking outside the box here.., but what's on the other side of the wall behind tank? Not much involved with running the line through a wall, then you can have a big, cheap, potentially ugly reservoir out of sight entirely..
Yea, good call, guess it would depend on the material. Ceramic should be fine as I doubt they glaze the inside.I'd worry about the food-safeness of a container of that sort...
Trigger systems blemished reservoirs.Hey all,
As the title of the thread states, I would like to stop manually topping off my tank so I will be investing in an auto top off. I have had many and for whatever reason, have just been manually topping off my 110 system daily. I think I will be going with a Tunze but open to suggestions in the ATO arena.
Anyway, since this reservoir will be out in the open, I would prefer it to be somewhat elegant looking. Perhaps I could just use a black bucket but I am interested in something more on the lines of 10 gallons so I do not have to worry about refilling it every weekend.
I see some really nice options from Trigger Systems, Hmahli, and Royal Exclusiv. However these are all ridiculously expensive. I will pay $800 for a light but I truly draw the line at $300 for a black 10g acrylic box. What are some DIY options? I think there are some minimal looking. garbage cans out there but I want to see some ideas.
Cheers!!
And Sterilite containers are food safe as well.Brute makes a 10g trashcan. Same as we use for salt mixing stations
Make sure you verify using the safe plastic logos. All plastics are not the same.And Sterilite containers are food safe as well.