Stock tank or kiddie pool?

FullBoreReefer · 07/27/2018, 08:12 AM

Current tank specs are below in my sig...

Summary...

We are currently under sales contract for our “old” home where my current tank is still up and running. I was waiting as long as possible through this process, as many of you know takes 30-45days to “close”. We just had the final home inspection and buyers are happy, so ITS A GO! We are about half way through the sale and plan to close on August 17th. My fiancé and I have already moved into our new home as of 3wks ago. Luckily for me the “old” house in route to my job, no extra trips to feed. This is an in wall tank and will NOT be used at our new house. But, the kicker is, my new tank will NOT be ready and has been pushed back until mid September now.

This whole process was originally planned to have the new tank setup and ready and not have to have a temporary setup running. Now being pushed back that throws me a major wrench. Why? Because I was hoping to just bring my livestock and all corals in one day to the new setup and BAM, I’m done. Now I have to set up a temporary tank until my new tank arrives.

So, as the title states, should I buy a stock tank? Or a kiddie pool? Either way I will partition off an area to at least have my skimmer running. I plan to just pile and stack my rocks/corals however I can get them to fit(within reason), toss a few powerheads and a heater in and call it good. I run no mechanical filtration in my sump other than my skimmer anyways.

Pros or cons to either one?

Will this simple/crude setup suffice for 6-8wks?

alton · 07/27/2018, 08:42 AM

Rubbermaid tub, I would not trust a kiddie pool

Silly clownfish · 07/27/2018, 08:48 AM

Agreed. a brute container or stock tank is a much safer choice than a kiddie pool. The pool could bust, and I have not idea what is in the ink used to have the little fishies, turtles, etc normally printed on the inside. Plus it is so shallow, you would have to worry more about evaporation and jumping.

You can always use the brute container later for a mixing or water storage tank.

Or if this happens to be a dollar-per-gallon sale month at Petco, that would be another option and you could use that later as a frag or quarantine tank.

FullBoreReefer · 07/27/2018, 11:48 AM

Good ideas.

I’ll go with the stock tank as I already have a complete mixing station and frag tank also haha. I’ll look into a 100gal or so

07/27/2018, 08:12 AM	#1
FullBoreReefer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wooster, OH Posts: 1,862	Stock tank or kiddie pool? Current tank specs are below in my sig... Summary... We are currently under sales contract for our “old” home where my current tank is still up and running. I was waiting as long as possible through this process, as many of you know takes 30-45days to “close”. We just had the final home inspection and buyers are happy, so ITS A GO! We are about half way through the sale and plan to close on August 17th. My fiancé and I have already moved into our new home as of 3wks ago. Luckily for me the “old” house in route to my job, no extra trips to feed. This is an in wall tank and will NOT be used at our new house. But, the kicker is, my new tank will NOT be ready and has been pushed back until mid September now. This whole process was originally planned to have the new tank setup and ready and not have to have a temporary setup running. Now being pushed back that throws me a major wrench. Why? Because I was hoping to just bring my livestock and all corals in one day to the new setup and BAM, I’m done. Now I have to set up a temporary tank until my new tank arrives. So, as the title states, should I buy a stock tank? Or a kiddie pool? Either way I will partition off an area to at least have my skimmer running. I plan to just pile and stack my rocks/corals however I can get them to fit(within reason), toss a few powerheads and a heater in and call it good. I run no mechanical filtration in my sump other than my skimmer anyways. Pros or cons to either one? Will this simple/crude setup suffice for 6-8wks? __________________ 60x36x24 mixed reef. 40b sump. Regal 250int Varios. 4xHydra26HDs+t5s. 4xMp40wes. Apex2016.

07/27/2018, 08:48 AM	#3
Silly clownfish Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 488	Agreed. a brute container or stock tank is a much safer choice than a kiddie pool. The pool could bust, and I have not idea what is in the ink used to have the little fishies, turtles, etc normally printed on the inside. Plus it is so shallow, you would have to worry more about evaporation and jumping. You can always use the brute container later for a mixing or water storage tank. Or if this happens to be a dollar-per-gallon sale month at Petco, that would be another option and you could use that later as a frag or quarantine tank. __________________ 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair with RBTA Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair

07/27/2018, 11:48 AM	#4
FullBoreReefer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wooster, OH Posts: 1,862	Good ideas. I’ll go with the stock tank as I already have a complete mixing station and frag tank also haha. I’ll look into a 100gal or so __________________ 60x36x24 mixed reef. 40b sump. Regal 250int Varios. 4xHydra26HDs+t5s. 4xMp40wes. Apex2016.

07/27/2018, 08:42 AM	#2
alton Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Zuehl, Texas Posts: 4,460	Rubbermaid tub, I would not trust a kiddie pool