Safe?

[The Saltwater Kid]

I am setting up my 2 (actually 3 as I will be setting up Magnesium as well) part doser and I was just wondering if it's safe to use old vinegar jugs as the jugs for my Ak, Calc. and Mg supplements? These jugs had some Heinz distilled white vinegar in them but are perfect at 1 gal. each, I have since rinsed them with hot water and soaked them in hot water over night...do you think they are safe to put the supplements in now?

 

[Reef Breeders]

They should be fine, I use vinegar to clean whole aquariums

 

[Electrobes]

Should be fine. I used to use those jugs for my RO/DI storage.

 

[wysiwyg]

yes vinegar jugs are fine i use 55g jugs to hold my ro/di water

 

[KSzegi]

I mix my two part up in big batches and use old vinegar jugs to store it as well as to dose from ..... been doing it for about a year without any problems!

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

Should I even bother soaking them in hot water overnight or is rinsing them out enough?

 

[Electrobes]

Rinsing them out should be fine, I did that.

 

[Steelerfan747]

yes vinegar jugs are fine i use 55g jugs to hold my ro/di water

Wow 55g. Where do you get 55g containers of vinegar

 

[SPSjunky]

I think you should be fine

 

[KSzegi]

I've only rinsed mine .....

 

[lpslover]

I wouldn't bother soaking them. Just a through rinse should be good.

Vinegar is great stuff for all kinds of reef stuff by the way. You can add vinegar directly to the tank as a carbon source, you can use it to mix super saturated kalkwasser, you can use it to soak equipment to remove coraline build up, or my personal favorite: rinse your hand/arm off to stop the stinging if you get too close to one of your nastier corals or anemonies.

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

lpslover - yup, I knew about the cleaning equipment and the anti-sting uses and figured it would be safe, i just wanted to make sure it wouldn't react with a concentrated dose of Alk, Calc or Mg in any negative way...you never can be too careful in this hobby as things can go from great to gone overnight :neutral:.