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Thought I'd let every one know that Aldi has a cheap 100L water tank on sale now (since last Sat 18th Jan).

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/saturday-18-january-2014/saturday-detail-wk03/ps/p/water-tank-kit-100l/

They are great for storing RO water or even rain water.

Comes on a handy stand to raise it off the floor, and a tap for filling buckets.

It's made of stuff UV resistant plastic, so can sit outside without cluttering up your laundry or garage. And plastic will be less likely to leak metals into the water unlike metal tanks.

Bought one last Sat for $59.99.

The equivalent unit at Bunnings is $69, but doesn't come with a stand (stand costs another $19.95).

I have mine setup on the south side of the house which does not get the sun. So it stays cool. And it's been working great. I can store some new tank water in it and have a supply ready to go. Perfect for those emergency water changes.

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Awesome find dude, I have one of the bunnings ones for my auto-waterchange reservoir & it is a great size, I wish this one was available when I was looking for mine. I think I will have to get one for the cherry rack, thanks for sharing! :encouragement:

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Better hurry.

As you know Aldi stuff don't last long in store.

If it's not already gone, they remove it by Wednesday for the next lot of special items.

I'm actually going back today to get another one to link up with the first one.

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Looks pretty cool! definitely seems like a good investment. Would be like 5-6 hr drive for me to my nearest aldi lol :P

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They'll get there sooner or later.

Just noticed when I pick this 2nd tank up that it's made by Maze, which is exactly the same as the Bunnings version.

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Yeah iv been looking at these I work at bunnings and there is also a blue bin type one so its made to be moved if need be and these ones can also be connected together they are slightly cheaper than them and im pretty sure they were also 100L but obviosly you couldnt move it full :)

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