I would check with your local hydro store, i know one of the store near me sells 55 gallon drums like the one you linked and they are only 50 bucks, they don't have a lid but they are food grade. just an idea to save you like 700$ lol.
Not a problem, and pretty soon just waiting on a pondmaster ap-100 air pump n mag drive 12 water pump, once those are hooked up n stuff ill get water in it n upload some pics of how its running.
yea i do,i should also clarify that the male thread part isn't a male adaptor they are 2 inch ABS end caps for the same kind of 2" cleanouts used to attach to the Tee's and Elbows. and they have been drilled out with a 1-7/8" hole saw and as u can see in the picture there is a o-ring tightly...
yea the fittings for connecting the buckets are male n female adaptors and the fittings that attach to the PVC elbow's and Tee's are 2 inch cleanout's they fit perfectly inside the tee's n elbows.
Hey there im in the process of building a 16 site 8 gallon Uc system and i was just wondering if i move the rez/control bucket inline with all the other buckets will that still work fine, opposed to leaving it above all the other buckets like in pictures 2.
Picture #1 describes how i wanna...