Brute trash can question
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Krixic
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Its to my understanding, given that there are no obvious markings, that the volume described by brute will be the entirety of the container. From bottom to the tippy top. Correct me if I am wrong tho.
SteveMM62Reef
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My 44 gallon will safely hold 40 gallons. I highly recommend getting the Brute Dolly. Also I don’t think the Dolly, weight wise would handle anything bigger than 40 gallons of weight from the saltwater. Don’t get a container in white, it will let light in, and you’ll have an Algae bloom, use the grey. I took a plastic Yard Stick, and filled it with tap water, measuring five gallons. Marked the yard stick, at that level. Repeated till I was at 40 gallons. I rarely empty the container, and this helps me to figure out how much salt to add, to the RO/DI.
ARAJEA
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Thats actually a really good question! Whats the end game though? I know in my house when we do a water change we fill one brute to the point that the brute with the new water is at to get the exact amount. If you are asking for another reason though I have no idea. I'm going to get on the internet machine and do some digging.
Krixic
A Tad Obsessed
Yea, unless you have some specific reason for knowing the exact measurements, I would not worry about it. I just fill mine to a certain ledge in the container and measure how much salt to mix for that amount.
n2585722
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I have the 20 gallon but never tried to find out the exact amount it will hold since I never fill it completely or drain it completely. The one I use for DI storage is auto filled by the controller when it gets low. Even the one I use for mixing is not completely filled or emptied each time since it is automacticley transfered to the Salt water storage tank when that tank empty then refilled with DI again. All I have to do is add the salt mix each time and press a button to tell the controller it is ready to use. It takes about 15 150ml glass containers of salt mix each time to get it to 35ppt.
NeptuneRjo
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You could use a cylindrical tank water volume calculator to determine the actual volume of the can. If I remember correctly my 10g brute was like 10.2g
mike550
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If it’s just temporary you might have other containers to help. Like empty salt buckets or those 5G paint buckets you can pick up at Home Depot for pretty cheap. I wouldn’t use them for long term storage but once for a few hours you should be fine
The brute 44 gallon trash bin I use is about 2 feet in diameter measured at the very top. If you figure out using simple geometry equations of volume of a cylinder = pi * radius * height you’ll get about 8 cubic feet which converts to about 60 gallons. Of course this would only be true if the can was perfectly straight and without the air grooves molded into the sides. If you fill it to the faint line just below the handles at about 2 feet up from the bottom, you’ll about 40 gallons of water, which makes it easy to measure the proper amount of salt, for me anyway. About 19 cups puts me at about 35 PPT in the refractometer.
