When your friend Bulk Buys

[tricky_tran]

When your friend bulk buys and then is taking a little break from the hobby, you inherit some stuff. So I got a couple of boxes of salt. 1000 Gal worth and a bunch of fish food. The Reef Crystals seem just fine. 4 x 14 lb bags each box and they are all sealed. The Liveaquaria stuff are good too, but upon careful inspection, I found the bags ripped. I tried to put them in some cleaned out cat litter boxes, but they didn’t truly fit well. I didn’t want to just pour it directly in the buckets and I didn’t want to use plain old, every day trash bags. Closed it up as best as possible and moved them out of the garage and into a dry shoe closet. I don’t have any other buckets, other than a Tropic Marin that’s already full. How else can I protect the salt from becoming bricks? I do about 25-30 gals of water changes every 2 weeks for my 75 Gal display with 60 Gal Sump.

 

[InvaderJim]

I think your best bet would be to buy a few 5g buckets with lids and transfer it over

 

[sfin52]

I would make sure the lids have a gasket for tight air proof seal. Rc come in buckets like that. Im sure you can find O rings

 

[sfin52]

Nice haul

 

[tricky_tran]

I think your best bet would be to buy a few 5g buckets with lids and transfer it over

I ordered some food safe, 5 gal bucket liner bags from Amazon to transfer the liveaquaria stuff to, and a couple of buckets. I was hoping someone would tell me its ok to store it like that for a couple of months and dont waste my money.

 

[Fishyfish22]

I ordered some food safe, 5 gal bucket liner bags from Amazon to transfer the liveaquaria stuff to, and a couple of buckets. I was hoping someone would tell me its ok to store it like that for a couple of months and dont waste my money.

It looks like you have a salt, the best way to go about it might be to get a larger tank for the salt to go in say 200 or so gallons?

 

[tricky_tran]

It looks like you have a salt, the best way to go about it might be to get a larger tank for the salt to go in say 200 or so gallons?

Already in discussions with my CFO about a 60 x 30 x 24

 

[Ippyroy]

Nice haul. I'd mix the salts personally so that it would be less of an issue switching from one brand to another. If you mix 30 gallons at a time, I'd measure it out and use a Food Saver Sealer. One bag per batch. It would take some time, but it would make life super easy in the long run.

 

[fishguy242]

put in bag and bucket..H DEPOT lids have o rings

 

[CMMorgan]

I ordered some food safe, 5 gal bucket liner bags from Amazon to transfer the liveaquaria stuff to, and a couple of buckets. I was hoping someone would tell me its ok to store it like that for a couple of months and dont waste my money.

I don't see why not. You did good... now go buy a lottery ticket while your on a good luck streak!

 

[tricky_tran]

Nice haul. I'd mix the salts personally so that it would be less of an issue switching from one brand to another. If you mix 30 gallons at a time, I'd measure it out and use a Food Saver Sealer. One bag per batch. It would take some time, but it would make life super easy in the long run.

that thought actually crossed my mind. i was actually looking at my box of food saver bags to figure out if I had enough.

 

[Ippyroy]

that thought actually crossed my mind. i was actually looking at my box of food saver bags to figure out if I had enough.

Even if you did just a few months at a time I think it would be worth it. Just be sure to weigh and not measure it. If you were close I'd probably buy some from you.