50g Plastic Container As Tank

I've heard of many people using sterilite or Rubbermaid plastic containers to keep their fish in. I'm upgrading my goldfishes tank and I recently bought a 50 gallon clear container. Well, Amazon completely messed up my order and they don't even sell the product anymore. I got a refund, but I still need a tank. Apparently no one sells a clear 50 gallon container. I've looked everywhere. I've just emailed Sterilite, but my question is: does it have to be clear? I'm afraid if I get a colored one, the dyes will leak into the water and hurt my fish. However, colored ones are much easier to find. If I can't get a colored one, please share links to a clear 50 gallon if you can.

 

I've known people to use the clear ones short term, such as when they had a ton of itty bitty fry, but it's not a good long-term solution (or else there'd be plenty of plastic tanks). For one thing, a lot of chemicals go into making plastics. BPA is definitely an issue as it is a xenoestrogen.

Can you find any second hand tanks in your area? They're really quite reasonable around us because people move and don't want to move their very large tanks.

 

A lot of people use stock tanks from places like Tractor Supply. They do sell some that are around that size.

 

A lot of people use plastic tubs when keeping fish, like SolidGold Aquatics, on YouTube, used to keep a lot of her goldfish in plastic tubs, and she still keeps four of them in one. However, personally I like to keep fish in glass/acrylic (preferably glass) aquariums.

 

All of the tanks in my area are 150.00+. I am a kid and can not afford to spend that kind of money. My mom isn't willing to chip in either. If I do water changes, won't that remove most of the BPA anyways?
Btw rehoming is not an option, I do not know any other fish keeper, much less anyone with a pond.

 

what sort of tub is it? is it a lot wider than tall? a tub with a large footprint is actually really good for goldfish especially ones that are bred to be viewed from the top, if you are getting one that pretty much looks like a normal aquarium then you need to make sure that it does not bow otherwise you run the risk of it breaking.

 

A sterlite container is good and safe. You do not want to get a gravalized metal tub

 

what sort of tub is it? is it a lot wider than tall? a tub with a large footprint is actually really good for goldfish especially ones that are bred to be viewed from the top, if you are getting one that pretty much looks like a normal aquarium then you need to make sure that it does not bow otherwise you run the risk of it breaking.

It is more wider than tall, I'm planning on making a small wood brace for the top of it and maybe one for the sides? I saw SolidGoldAquatic have something like this in an old video
Here's a really bad drawing of what I'm talking about. Lol. It's a side view of the tank. The white represents the plastic container. The blue represents water. And the red represents the wooden brace. It's literally just 3 pieces of wood. Is that good enough?

What about the BPAs? Is that a concern?
I'm pretty sure it's safe for fish as long as it's food safe. I watched this video

 

I've known people to use the clear ones short term, such as when they had a ton of itty bitty fry, but it's not a good long-term solution (or else there'd be plenty of plastic tanks). For one thing, a lot of chemicals go into making plastics. BPA is definitely an issue as it is a xenoestrogen.

Can you find any second hand tanks in your area? They're really quite reasonable around us because people move and don't want to move their very large tanks.

I went on Sterilites website, it says their containers are BPA free and even food safe
General Info - Sterilite Corporation

 

I went on Sterilites website, it says their containers are BPA free and even food safe
General Info - Sterilite Corporation

OK, that's good to know. How long do you plan on keeping your fish in there?

 

yeah as long as its food safe its fish safe

 

OK, that's good to know. How long do you plan on keeping your fish in there?

As long as they live unless they grow more and I need to get a bigger one

 

If you can’t get one that’s fish safe you could put a pond liner sheet in. That’s what I did when my goldies tank cracked a few years back.