The Snyder Industries 2500 Gallon Cone Bottom Tank is a black polyethylene cone-bottom vessel rated to a 1.5 specific gravity, built so the entire batch drains to the cone apex with no flat floor to trap residual product. It stands 104 inches tall on a 95 x 95 inch footprint and holds 2,500 gallons, which makes it a workhorse for process dosing, batching, and full-drain chemical storage where you need to empty the tank cleanly between runs. It ships LTL from Snyder's Chowchilla, California plant, so if you are on the East Coast, quote your ZIP early - on a 104-inch-tall, 95 x 95 footprint unit, origin drives freight more than any other variable. Filled with water it carries roughly 20,850 lb, and at its 1.5 SG rating the maximum rated contents weigh about 31,275 lb, so the supporting cone-bottom stand and pad have to be sized for the heaviest fluid you plan to run, not just water.
Will it work for your application
This is a cone bottom tank designed for liquids up to a 1.5 specific gravity. Confirm the weight of your contents against the 31,275 lb maximum rated figure above before you commit a stand: a 1.5 SG product fills the full structural budget of this tank. The decision rule is simple - if your chemical's specific gravity exceeds 1.5, step up to the 1.9 SG version rather than overloading this one. Because a cone tank carries its entire load on a stand, match it to a rated cone-bottom support structure - the Cone Bottom Tank Stand Compatibility Matrix covers Norwesco, Snyder, and Enduraplas options, and the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you confirm capacity and footprint for your slab. For a deeper look at this exact class, see the 2500-gallon buyer's guides for both the 15-degree and 30-degree cone configurations. This listing does not pre-specify outlet size or fitting count - confirm the configuration you need against the technical drawing on this page and with our team before ordering.
Chemical compatibility
This tank is molded from polyethylene and carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating. Before any chemical service, confirm the exact polyethylene resin (high-density HDLPE versus cross-linked XLPE), because resin type changes the chemical resistance profile - verify the specific resin for your tank before relying on it for a given chemical. At the 1.5 SG rating, the following are compatible per our chemical-compatibility data, which is concentration- and temperature-specific - always verify your exact concentration and operating temperature against it, and match the gasket material to your chemical rather than assuming EPDM fits every case:
- Acetic Acid at 60%, with PP/PVC fittings and EPDM gaskets
- Aluminum Sulfate at 50%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Calcium Chloride at 40%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) at 32.5%, 316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferrous Sulfate at 20%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Magnesium Chloride at 30%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Carbonate at 30%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Urea Solution at 50%, PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ozonated Water up to 10 PPM, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets (verify oxidizer concentration and contact time with our team)
Chemicals that need a higher-SG tank
Several common process chemicals exceed the structural rating of this 1.5 SG tank and require a 1.9 specific-gravity vessel instead - do not run them in this tank. Those include Ethylene Glycol, Ferric Chloride, Ferric Sulfate, Hydrochloric Acid, Hydrofluoric Acid, Hydrofluosilicic Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide, Peracetic Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Polyaluminum Chloride, Potassium Carbonate, Potassium Hydroxide, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Bisulfate, Sodium Bisulfite, Sodium Hypochlorite, Sodium Thiosulfate, Sulfuric Acid, and Zinc Orthophosphate. Note that several of these (hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen peroxide, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, sodium hypochlorite) call for Viton gaskets, and peracetic acid calls for Aflas, rather than EPDM. The single most common cone-tank mistake is pairing the right SG rating with the wrong gasket - match the fitting and gasket material to your specific chemical, and start with the full Chemical Compatibility Database.
Containment and freight
If your install falls under SPCC or local secondary-containment rules, the Snyder Captor Plus 110% Containment vs UL-142 comparison walks through how a poly containment basin compares to a steel UL-142 approach. This tank ships LTL freight from Chowchilla, CA, quoted live to your ZIP. Get a freight quote to your ZIP with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777, and our team will confirm fittings, stand pairing, and the right SG rating for your chemical before you order.
