Rubbermaid 100 gallon Stock tank---using for sump, got a question?

basssnake · 08/18/2008, 12:08 PM

I have a rubbermaid 100 gallon stock tank. Of course it is the hard plastic type. I bought it at Tractor supply Co. I have seen several guys using these on here for sumps. I am wanting to know if the tanks have any kind of coating that needs to be cleaned off prior to use. I have rinsed it out well a couple times. The only thing that puzzles me is that when you wash it out, it beads water on the sides(like a waxed car). Wasn't sure if it is a coating or just the type of plastic it is. I have contacted rubbermaid commerical products about it, but i am waiting on there tech department to get a answer(i have been waiting for two weeks

). Anyone know??

chimmike · 08/18/2008, 12:14 PM

It's just the plastic......it's not permeable. Glass does the same thing. No coatings that I'm aware of, so you should be just fine.

basssnake · 08/18/2008, 01:01 PM

Anyone else have any input? I really need to work on this today, but i don't want to start installing bulk heads in it until i know it is safe(or if i need to clean it). thanks

Gwynhidwy · 08/18/2008, 02:46 PM

It is my understanding that it is just the plastic that is used and not a coating. I have also been told that it is completely non-toxic.

reefrick.M · 08/18/2008, 04:23 PM

What you don't believe him... trust me it's just plastic, I have one in 70gls.

lflint · 08/19/2008, 07:13 AM

I use three of them. They rock!

DiverD · 08/19/2008, 08:20 AM

good tanks. Rinse and go.

bjjfan · 08/19/2008, 09:54 AM

anyone have a step by step build on how to set up one of those as a sump with the skimmer/return/refugium design? maybe have the skimmer/return in the rubbermaid tub and have the refugium is a separate tank? Is that best?

i know there are plenty of step by steps builds of acrylic sumps, but this is the route i would rather go. thanks

basssnake · 08/19/2008, 02:43 PM

I am using mine as a sump and i am installing a 1 1/2" bulkhead and running 1 1/2" pvc to drain into a 45 gallon glass sump(that i am going to use as a refugium) and then have a pump to feed the water back to the main tank. I would be curious too to see someone's design if they put any dividers or something in one or something else(maybe something to support a skimmer, or something to hold some chaeto, etc.).

basssnake · 08/19/2008, 02:43 PM

I am using mine as a sump and i am installing a 1 1/2" bulkhead and running 1 1/2" pvc to drain into a 45 gallon glass sump(that i am going to use as a refugium) and then have a pump to feed the water back to the main tank. I would be curious too to see someone's design if they put any dividers or something in one or something else(maybe something to support a skimmer, or something to hold some chaeto, etc.).

stan zemanek · 08/19/2008, 03:19 PM

here maybe this will help

basssnake · 08/23/2008, 06:15 PM

Anyone else want to put some input into this with there 100 gallon rubbermaid sumps?

08/18/2008, 12:08 PM	#1
basssnake Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 838	Rubbermaid 100 gallon Stock tank---using for sump, got a question? I have a rubbermaid 100 gallon stock tank. Of course it is the hard plastic type. I bought it at Tractor supply Co. I have seen several guys using these on here for sumps. I am wanting to know if the tanks have any kind of coating that needs to be cleaned off prior to use. I have rinsed it out well a couple times. The only thing that puzzles me is that when you wash it out, it beads water on the sides(like a waxed car). Wasn't sure if it is a coating or just the type of plastic it is. I have contacted rubbermaid commerical products about it, but i am waiting on there tech department to get a answer(i have been waiting for two weeks ). Anyone know??

08/18/2008, 12:14 PM	#2
chimmike oxygen abuser Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Parrish, FL Posts: 5,089 Blog Entries: 2	It's just the plastic......it's not permeable. Glass does the same thing. No coatings that I'm aware of, so you should be just fine. __________________ -Mike Tankless wonder Geaux Noles!

08/18/2008, 02:46 PM	#4
Gwynhidwy Meat Popsicle Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,511	It is my understanding that it is just the plastic that is used and not a coating. I have also been told that it is completely non-toxic. __________________ -- He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. -- Aeschylus

08/19/2008, 08:20 AM	#7
DiverD For office use only Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 215	good tanks. Rinse and go. __________________ I feel like skimmer dump.... Current Tank Info: constant change of whatever hits me for the month...

08/18/2008, 01:01 PM	#3
basssnake Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 838	Anyone else have any input? I really need to work on this today, but i don't want to start installing bulk heads in it until i know it is safe(or if i need to clean it). thanks

08/18/2008, 04:23 PM	#5
reefrick.M Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: MA. Posts: 193	What you don't believe him... trust me it's just plastic, I have one in 70gls.

08/19/2008, 07:13 AM	#6
lflint Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Williamsport, PA Posts: 190	I use three of them. They rock!

08/19/2008, 09:54 AM	#8
bjjfan Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6	anyone have a step by step build on how to set up one of those as a sump with the skimmer/return/refugium design? maybe have the skimmer/return in the rubbermaid tub and have the refugium is a separate tank? Is that best? i know there are plenty of step by steps builds of acrylic sumps, but this is the route i would rather go. thanks

08/19/2008, 02:43 PM	#9
basssnake Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 838	I am using mine as a sump and i am installing a 1 1/2" bulkhead and running 1 1/2" pvc to drain into a 45 gallon glass sump(that i am going to use as a refugium) and then have a pump to feed the water back to the main tank. I would be curious too to see someone's design if they put any dividers or something in one or something else(maybe something to support a skimmer, or something to hold some chaeto, etc.).

08/19/2008, 03:19 PM	#11
stan zemanek Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: new jersey Posts: 524	here maybe this will help

08/23/2008, 06:15 PM	#12
basssnake Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 838	Anyone else want to put some input into this with there 100 gallon rubbermaid sumps?