Safe?

The Saltwater Kid · Jul 16, 2012

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 · Jul 16, 2012

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

Electrobes · Jul 16, 2012

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

wysiwyg · Jul 16, 2012

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

KSzegi · Jul 16, 2012

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 · Jul 16, 2012

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

Electrobes · Jul 16, 2012

Rinsing them out should be fine, I did that.

Steelerfan747 · Jul 16, 2012

wysiwyg said:
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 · Jul 16, 2012

I think you should be fine

KSzegi · Jul 16, 2012

I've only rinsed mine .....

lpslover · Jul 17, 2012

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 · Jul 17, 2012

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:.