On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:45:13 -0400, "Cleokatra"
wrote:

I bought some barrels for my pond filter. SO how do I wash them to make sure
they are fish safe? They were supposed to be food safe, but who nows.
Although they are the same shape, they did not have the same contents.

Just wash them like you would a dish you would eat from. You would
only need to remove any food oils to prevent them floating on the top
of the pond. I used soap barrels from a car wash and just rinsed
the detergent out and connected pipes to form the filtering system.

I see no benefit from laundry (chlorine) bleach, unless they have been
left out in the weather and have algae growing in them and you wish to
start off with a clean looking barrel. Even if there were, the algae
would probably be overcome shortly by another variety growing in the
pond.

Regards,

Hal