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.

I was going to Pressure Wash them, soak in water and bleach, (2 days), add
baking soda for a bit and wash again. Perhaps with a does of dechlorinator.

Any other thoughts?

"Cleokatra" wrote in message
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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.

Do you know what was actually in them? If it was food then they should be
safe with a good rinse. If there's still some food residue use a Toughie
Pad after soaking the barrels awhile.

I was going to Pressure Wash them, soak in water and bleach, (2 days), add
baking soda for a bit and wash again. Perhaps with a does of
dechlorinator.

Bleach? If harmful chemicals were in them I doubt Bleach would remove it.
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
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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

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"Cleokatra" wrote in message
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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.

Do you know what was actually in them? If it was food then they should be
safe with a good rinse. If there's still some food residue use a Toughie
Pad after soaking the barrels awhile.

I was going to Pressure Wash them, soak in water and bleach, (2 days),
add baking soda for a bit and wash again. Perhaps with a does of
dechlorinator.

Bleach? If harmful chemicals were in them I doubt Bleach would remove it.
--
KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*


Cayenne was in one, the others I don't know. 55 gallons of Cayenne, that's a
lot of Chile. :-)

food safe is good for fish. I guess I wouldnt use bleach on plastic. just a good
rinse and take a good smell, there should be no smell of plastic off gassing. Ingrid

"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.

I was going to Pressure Wash them, soak in water and bleach, (2 days), add
baking soda for a bit and wash again. Perhaps with a does of dechlorinator.

Any other thoughts?





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"Cleokatra" wrote in message
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"Köi-Lö" wrote in message

Bleach? If harmful chemicals were in them I doubt Bleach would remove
it.
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Cayenne was in one, the others I don't know. 55 gallons of Cayenne, that's
a lot of Chile. :-)
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That's for sure. I would think a good rinse with hot water would remove it.
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I am going to go ahead and disagree with everyone so far ;-) from my
stand point I would wash them out with the beach and dechlor them
really good. WHY? because what if? what if a little kid already put
bleach in them what if there was copper in them.... endless possabiles.
I would do it just because I wouldnt want to risk my or my customers
fish especially over maybe $10 and some time............. but the
decision is yours

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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.

I was going to Pressure Wash them, soak in water and bleach, (2 days), add
baking soda for a bit and wash again. Perhaps with a does of dechlorinator.

Any other thoughts?