Plastic frag tank ok?

[musicawal]

So I've been wanting to set up a frag tank for a while now since I have a bunch of extra equipment laying around, the only thing is it had to be budget minded. I was at target yesterday and saw a storage container from sterilite that was a good size about 34x20x14 and was only 9.99. I have a skimmer from Suncoast Custom Acrylic inc, a new 175w mh retro with 20k xm that will probably be switched for something more around 14-15k, I also have a red sea wavemaster and 2 maxi 1200's which I'll prob get 1-2 more of. Now the plan is for simplicity and I'm not too worried about asthetics. I bought a beautiful 10 pound piece of fiji yesterday at my LFS who was having a big sale for $25. I planned on having about 10-12 inches on the left side used for the filtration where the skimmer the rock and some macros would go along with a bag of some chemical filtration. The rest of the tank would consist of prob 2-3 eggcrate racks for corals. Let me know what you experienced fragger's think about this setup or if the plastic tank will even work.

 

Thanks

[proraptor2]

The problem with the plastic totes is they arent designed to hold water for an extended period of time. Id put at least 2 totes inside each other to make the tank stronger or Id look into the heavy duty rubbermaid containers

[musicawal]

Yeah i was afraid of that. I guess I should of thought about that before i went ahead and bought it. The stand I have is 36x24 so wouldn't I be able to fit a 40b on there? If yes how much do those usually go for?

Thanks

[proraptor2]

40 Breeder dimensions 36 3/16 x 18 1/4 x 16 15/16

[Mr. Fosi]

I bought my 40B for $80 from an LFS.

[musicawal]

Thanks for the responses guys, unfortunately the tote I bought was the last one but I think I might just go and see if they can order me another one. This tank will only be up for a year or maybe a couple months more as I will be moving, so I think i will just take the risk with two totes but i think it should be fine and if there are problems I'll just upgrade to the 40b. I'm a little hesitant but will let you know how it goes.

Thanks

Just checked rubbermaid prices, might as well get a 40b for those prices.

[EL CHUPACABRA]

Two sounds like a good idea. If you truely dont care about aesthetics your could put a couple of rolls of strapping tape (packaging tabs with built in lines of reinforcement) around the bin, also you could throw a pond liner in there for extra precausionary measure. I have always liked the idea of two little blue swimming pools in my living room and a 400w MH, and a ###ed off roomate, and being able to wade in the "ocean".

[mickey85]

Get a ratchet strap and stick it around the top...that'll help with swelling.

[musicawal]

Thanks for the good ideas guys, but after about 5 mins of thought I decided I might as well just get the 40b. I figure when I move I'll just upgrade my two displays to the 40b and then upgrade the frag tank to a lagoon of some sort. Although i might have to think about the pool idea, I'd have to set up a tiki bar though to counter the ####ed off roomate!