Rubbermade Agricultural tubs

reefeasy · 04/13/2008, 08:51 AM

Does anyone have any expierence with the black Rubbermade Agricultural tubs? Any problems with the material its made from?

kfisc · 04/13/2008, 09:28 AM

Do you mean the stock tanks? Many people use them; I have for years and wouldn't do a sump without one- they're obviously critter-friendly as they're designed as watering troughs for cows/horses/sheep etc.

I have the 40-gallon model; it's about eight-10 inches high and nothing compares for ease of moving stuff around, water flow, skimmer placement, and it's great not having to worry about floods from backflow if the power goes because it's deep enough to catch everything.

A real hitch is the room it takes- I've always had basement tanks so no matter- also, you can't divide them up as easily as an aquarium for refugium sections.

jennmac415 · 04/13/2008, 12:28 PM

I just recently went form a 75 gallon sump/fuge to a 100 gallon stock tank... I will hopefully NEVER have to use a standard glass tank sump again! I love all the room and ease of taking out pumps, skimmers etc... for cleaning. also, an added plus is more water volume. I am lucky enough to have an inwall tank in my basement , so the entire room behind is my fishroom, so the size of the stock tank is not an issue. Like I said, I hope to always be able to use one of these.

jennmac415 · 04/13/2008, 12:32 PM

to conquer the lack of ability to have baffles for a separate fuge, I simply added a small glass tank inside the stock tank, taller than the water level I keep in the stock tank, I put my chaeto, rock rubble in it and have a small powerhead feeding water to it from the main stock tank... it simply becomes like a baffle and the water gently cascades over the sides and down into the stock tank. works great so far...I am going to start taking out some of my sandbed from my DT soon as I do not want such a deep level and I will then add this extra sand to this "fuge"

04/13/2008, 08:51 AM	#1
reefeasy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 281	Rubbermade Agricultural tubs Does anyone have any expierence with the black Rubbermade Agricultural tubs? Any problems with the material its made from? __________________ Reef Easy Current Tank Info: no tank can hold the power of my coral

04/13/2008, 12:28 PM	#3
jennmac415 premium member "reefmama" Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 1,903	I just recently went form a 75 gallon sump/fuge to a 100 gallon stock tank... I will hopefully NEVER have to use a standard glass tank sump again! I love all the room and ease of taking out pumps, skimmers etc... for cleaning. also, an added plus is more water volume. I am lucky enough to have an inwall tank in my basement , so the entire room behind is my fishroom, so the size of the stock tank is not an issue. Like I said, I hope to always be able to use one of these. __________________ Jenni AKA "Reefmama" Current Tank Info: currently just have a 34 gallon.

04/13/2008, 12:32 PM	#4
jennmac415 premium member "reefmama" Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 1,903	to conquer the lack of ability to have baffles for a separate fuge, I simply added a small glass tank inside the stock tank, taller than the water level I keep in the stock tank, I put my chaeto, rock rubble in it and have a small powerhead feeding water to it from the main stock tank... it simply becomes like a baffle and the water gently cascades over the sides and down into the stock tank. works great so far...I am going to start taking out some of my sandbed from my DT soon as I do not want such a deep level and I will then add this extra sand to this "fuge" __________________ Jenni AKA "Reefmama" Current Tank Info: currently just have a 34 gallon.

04/13/2008, 09:28 AM	#2
kfisc Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,020	Do you mean the stock tanks? Many people use them; I have for years and wouldn't do a sump without one- they're obviously critter-friendly as they're designed as watering troughs for cows/horses/sheep etc. I have the 40-gallon model; it's about eight-10 inches high and nothing compares for ease of moving stuff around, water flow, skimmer placement, and it's great not having to worry about floods from backflow if the power goes because it's deep enough to catch everything. A real hitch is the room it takes- I've always had basement tanks so no matter- also, you can't divide them up as easily as an aquarium for refugium sections.