Plastic tub

[Jeremy_fishguy]

Hey crew, I hope everyone is doing really well. 
 

About 2 weeks ago I bought a few tetras rather spontaneously and didn’t have a quarantine tank so I bought this plastic tub from Bunnings (An Australian hardware store). It’s not too rigid and is 50L - although I haven’t been filing it completely. 
 

should I be worried about the set up spontaneously combusting?? There is some bowing of the plastic but it’s doing quite well and I haven’t noticed any cracks or anything like that. 
 

Im slightly worried it will burst or something but don’t know if this is just an irrational fear - so advice and experience would be greatly appreciated. 
 

Also I pulled a spawn from a bristlenose fair i have in a community tank who have been breeding in the driftwood but I’ve only just given them a cave. I have another bristlenose breeding project on the go but can’t see I to the cave and let them colony breed - so the babies stay in (I have multiple spawns in that tank. It’s pretty incredible to see how many babies there are. Even though I’ve got a tank teeming with them seeing the bucket full of fry is pretty crazy :))

PS. I hope no one has a breakdown over the rainbow gravel - I had it lying around after a 2nd hand tank purchase and wanted something ASAP so it got the call up haha

Edited July 24, 2021 by Jeremy_fishguy

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

Hi there, I'd probably be pretty confident your tub will be ok BUT if you ARE worried why not buy one more and put this one inside that one? At least then it would be doubled up and should mitigate any issues. 

Congrats on all the babies!!!

[Jeremy_fishguy]

You, my friend, are a thinker 

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

@Jeremy_fishguy haha yes I've been known to do that from time to time. 😉

[Diving Aquarist]

In my experience, plastic tubs are quite strong. A little bowing won't hurt it. It does depend on the quality, I don't trust tubs from the super budget stores that look like they'll break when you look at them.

[Jeremy_fishguy]

On 7/24/2021 at 9:23 PM, Diving Aquarist said:

In my experience, plastic tubs are quite strong. A little bowing won't hurt it. It does depend on the quality, I don't trust tubs from the super budget stores that look like they'll break when you look at them.

Thanks for this. I am thinking it should be fine but thought I should ask for other people's experience incase I accidentally have a major issue ahah