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An aluminum tank will be attacked by any chlorine in the water, plus
you 'really' need to install a magnesium removeable anode. The chlorine attack will prevent you from chlore shock sanitization and/or keeping a small concentration of chlorine to keep down the growth of fungals and bacteria. The BEST probable solution is to use aluminum (with baffles) and then put an FDA/NSF approved 'lining epoxy' on the inside to render the tank safe for chlorination, etc. Such lining epoxied can be applied with a roller and brush (after sanding, etc. to make the aluminum 'bright'). Youll want: rated for POTABLE water and has the FDA/NSF 'certifications'; if you use 'common' epoxy you will get a high concentration of 'leachables' in the water. This stuff is pretty easy to 'roll-on'. Do websearch for NSP-120 or go to the 'commercial' division of Interlux. Such tank 'lining' in the marine and transportation industry is quite common. The advantage of lining a metal tank is that the tanki can have BAFFLES which is impossible with a roto-molded 'plastic' tank. |
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