Reef Safe?

Nick30G · 12/13/2017, 03:54 PM

I was wondering if 1 gallon water jugs are reef safe? The jugs are #2 HDPE plastic. Will it leech anything in the water because I want to use them to store water. Thanks

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HBtank · 12/13/2017, 03:58 PM

Should be fine. Most concerns with plastics these days are with BPA, and less stable forms of polycarbonate and PVC plastics, etc..

But HDPE (and PE in general) is a pretty inert/safe form of plastic compared to polycarbonate and PVC plastics, and generally the go-to for general chemical/UV resistance. That is what my food-grade mixing drums are made of!

12/13/2017, 03:54 PM	#1
Nick30G Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 265	Reef Safe? I was wondering if 1 gallon water jugs are reef safe? The jugs are #2 HDPE plastic. Will it leech anything in the water because I want to use them to store water. Thanks Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

12/13/2017, 03:58 PM	#2
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	Should be fine. Most concerns with plastics these days are with BPA, and less stable forms of polycarbonate and PVC plastics, etc.. But HDPE (and PE in general) is a pretty inert/safe form of plastic compared to polycarbonate and PVC plastics, and generally the go-to for general chemical/UV resistance. That is what my food-grade mixing drums are made of! __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA