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    Holding Water

    How long would you keep standing water in a 5 gallon home depot bucket with the top on it?
    I would like to make some ro water and keep it around but was not sure how long it would stay good.

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    I fill 4 - 55 gallon barrels and keep it for many months. In fact one hasn't been opened to the air for over a year. I won't hesitate to use it. Nothing can go wrong as long as the container was clean when you put it in there.

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    What I did was got a 20 gallon tank for like 20 bucks, threw a heater and a hydor nano in there. I fill it up 5 gallons at a time and use it to mix my salt and keep everything aerated. Then by the end of the week everything is all used up for water changes and I start the process again.

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    I agree. I store 77G at a time and out of curiosity, randomly tested here and there. Perfect as when it was put in!


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    Where would you get a 55 gallon barrel? Thanks for the replies!

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