Hi,
I bought a rubbermaid tub to stick my baby goldfish in temporarily. I filled the tub, after filling it passed 40%, the sides started to bend. at 60% it started to bend a lot. Seems useless to buy a big tub and use 40% of it, how do other people do it? I don't want my tub to explode one day..

here you go:

http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/forum/index.p...?showtopic=8592

hope it helps!

For those big tubs, you may need to get some
retaining wall block to go around it. Or, have
one side against a wall or part of the house.

The tubs at a farm supply store may be stronger. That is what I'm going to try.

Thanks for the info, I actually had one side against the wall AND used one bungee tie. I didn't read that post before, and only had one, and it looked extremely dangerous to me (not worth the risk of it exploding). I see that other people build frames around it, seems not worthwhile (moneywise and timewise). The 45 gallon tub costs like $25 dollars. A 33 gallon tank (no top or anything) costs like 50. (all in canadian dollars).

I guess its time for me to think of something else for some temporary storage for the fish. hmm..

When I suggest a tub - I don't mean bathtub size

I think more like the 20 gallon ones....and make sure they are the good quality tubs.

Are those farm supply tubs actually designed to hold water?

I'm thinking that something reinforced like that would work well. It may bow too, but not explode. Actually, large glass aquariums bow somewhat. But they are designed to hold. The ones you are talking about may bow and later break.

The large farm ones are designed to hold water for livestock to drink from and would work fine for an outdoor pond. I think when most people refer to getting large rubermaid tubs, it is for temporary use.

i was checking out a farm supply site and i ran across those GIANT 150 gallon tubs that they use for retaining water and adding salt or salt licks. those looked like a very good candidate for a back porch pond or something of the sort.

Toothless, I think there are a few members who have done just that. It's been a while but if you look back they did post pictures of them. I think they used the landscaping rock you can stack around them, looked pretty good.

I recently found Tuff Stuff stock tanks at the local farm supply store. They are a little more uniform in shape than the Rubbermade stock tanks are. The come in 15. 30, 40, and 100 gallon sizes. On top of everything else, they are cheaper than the same sized tank from Rubbermaid. I hope this helps.

http://www.tufftubs.com/htdocs/plinoval.htm

Tim

The rubbermaid stock troughs that you get at farm and ranch stores are very sturdy and durable, and don't bow at all. I have them for my horses' water, and they've survived being run into by horses, kicked, stepped on, having water frozen solid for months in them, and all sorts of abuse. At my local farm and ranch store we can get them in 50 gal, 100 gal, and 250 gal. A 50 gal costs about $60-$70 in US dollars.

why not stack two of them, one inside the other? another option is 10 gallon glass tanks, those are like 10 bucks each and you can sit them on the floor or three to a table

Yeah, I figure its not really that much cheaper, and it'll look pretty bad in the house, I'm sure my parents would hate it! I'm just going to let them be cramped in a too small tank until I can find a used one for a good price. Thanks for the suggestions!