The Snyder Industries 1000 Gallon XLPE Heavy Duty Cone Bottom Tank is built for chemical-feed and storage duty where a flat-bottom water tank would not survive. Molded in crosslinked linear polyethylene (XLPE) in black, it carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, so it handles dense chemistries that lighter tanks cannot. The cone bottom drains fully toward the center outlet for clean transfer and easy cleanout. This is a true cone bottom tank that requires a matching stand or structural support to operate.
Will it work for your application?
This 1000 gallon cone tank measures 66 inches tall on an 86.0 x 86.0 inch footprint, but remember that 66 inches is the tank alone, the stand adds more, so budget your total installed height and the fill access above the 7-inch fill cap before you commit to a building or pad. Plan your support structure for real loaded weight, not just water. The 1.9 SG rating means each gallon of rated contents weighs roughly 1.9 times water, so 1000 gallons of dense chemical reaches about 15,846 lb of rated contents versus about 8,340 lb for plain water. Size your stand, anchors, and slab to that 15,846 lb maximum, never to the water figure. The technical drawing on this page shows the molded-in fittings: a flange, a 10-inch PE threaded/vented fitting, a fill cap with 7-inch access, and a top fitting. Match valves, manways, and plumbing to those locations before you finalize a layout. Our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you confirm the 1000 gallon working volume fits your process, and the 1000 Gallon 45 Degree Cone Bottom Tank buyer's guide walks through stand and outlet decisions.
Chemical compatibility
This tank is XLPE with a 1.9 SG rating, which is what makes the heavier chemistries below viable. Compatibility always depends on concentration and temperature, so check each chemical against the OEM chemical-resistance chart for your exact conditions before committing, and confirm fitting and gasket materials separately from the tank shell. Based on that XLPE shell at 1.9 SG, the following are workable when plumbed and gasketed correctly: Acetic Acid (60%, PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets), Aluminum Sulfate (50%, PVC, EPDM), Calcium Chloride (40%, PVC, EPDM), DEF (32.5%, 316SS, EPDM), Ethylene Glycol (100%, PVC, EPDM), Ferric Chloride (50%, PVC, EPDM), Ferric Sulfate (60%, PVC, EPDM), Ferrous Sulfate (20%, PVC, EPDM), Hydrofluosilicic Acid (26%, PP/PVC, Viton), Magnesium Chloride (30%, PVC, EPDM), Polyaluminum Chloride (PVC, EPDM), Potassium Carbonate (50%, PVC, EPDM), Potassium Hydroxide (saturated, PVC, EPDM), Propylene Glycol (PP/316SS, EPDM), Sodium Carbonate (30%, PVC, EPDM), Sodium Thiosulfate (40%, PVC, EPDM), Urea Solution (50%, PP/PVC, EPDM), and Ozonated Water (up to 10 PPM, PVC, EPDM). Concentration is not specified for Polyaluminum Chloride or Propylene Glycol, so confirm your exact concentration before service. Note that EPDM gaskets cover most of these services, but Hydrofluosilicic Acid requires Viton, and DEF and Propylene Glycol require 316SS fittings rather than PVC; these three are not interchangeable with the EPDM/PVC used elsewhere. See our Chemical Compatibility Database to verify your specific service, and for why crosslinked resin matters here, read Snyder XLPE vs HDPE.
The mistake to avoid
The costliest error on a cone bottom tank is sizing the stand and slab to the water weight. At 1.9 SG this tank can hold over 15,800 lb of dense chemical; build the support to that figure, not to the 8,340 lb water number. Second, do not assume a fitting or gasket carries over between chemicals. Most listed services use EPDM and PVC, but Hydrofluosilicic Acid needs Viton, and DEF and Propylene Glycol need 316SS, so verify each line item against our Chemical Compatibility Database. Third, if your tank label or resin spec ever reads ambiguously, confirm XLPE versus HDPE before chemical service, since crosslinking is what earns this tank its 1.9 SG chemical rating. For stand pairing across brands, the Cone Bottom Tank Stand Compatibility Matrix and the Snyder Captor Plus 110% containment comparison are worth reviewing for secondary containment planning.
This tank ships LTL freight from the nearest Snyder plant in our network, quoted live to your ZIP. West-coast and Mountain ZIPs typically quote from Chowchilla, CA; central and eastern ZIPs from Lincoln, NE. Enter your ZIP in the Freight Cost Estimator for the actual origin and rate in seconds, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it and answer fitting and stand questions before you order.
