disaster avoided..need large vat with sealable top..help

[Chicago]

man oh man.. i have a large dark refugium.. use to be a large denitrator and recently converted it.. pic is in my gallery .. but anyways.. i have it set up that gravity feeds into the 55 galon vat and then into my phsphate reactro all in the basement....

tonight i am changing some media.. and notice water is flying...spraying everywhere in the basement mechanccal room... the top of the vat had a hair line crack that just started...

now i have a vat full of rock and water...

need suggestions on large holding containers for dark refugium.. the one i had was great untill tonight... large top opening and then had a large ring/clamp that made a water tight seal... guess after a year or two of pressure the top could not take it.. lots of towels...

lucky i was there... would have kept spraying untill 55 gallon top off and 5o so more gallons hit the floor.. getting water sensors for the floor this week ...

[easttn]

TSC (http://www.mytscstore.com/detail.asp?pcID=8&paID=1039&sonID=214&page=1&productID=15525)

[antonsemrad]

Cow tub.

[Chicago]

thanks for the info guys.. but what i am looking for is something with a lid on it that is water tight.... anyother thoughts...thanks

[rreddick]

Look up 55 gal drums on google. I cannot think of the company name, but I have 3x 55 gal heavy duty food grade plastic drums. All have two access holes in lid, plus lid clamp/ring. They have many models. When I have a chance I will look for the invoice and get you the name. This are great, got the roller dollies for them also. I use for RO/DI holding, Mixed Water, and one is a utility barrel for maint and other odd stuff.

Ron

[rreddick]

Found it, here is the link to the web page

http://www.globalindustrial.com

And to the drum page

http://www.globalindustrial.com/gcs/product/categoryInfo.web?options.parentCategoryKey=132&index=11&catSearchParams.categoryKey=1661&REQ_SUB_CAT=Drums&gclid=COX_j5eysogCFUAbGgodGXiF1w


Ron