Rubbermaid tub preparation?

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I bought a 140 gallon, 4x3' rubber tub today. My intention is to house my fish in it for a month or so as I'm moving because of the simple fact that my big glass tank is to heavy to move myself. I can however heft the empty tub around fairly easily until I get into a new house and can afford to set up the main tank again.

The question I have is this- are there any special steps that I have to take in order to prepare the rubber tub for use? Is it safe for the fish; no chemical leaks, etc?

Please let me know.

Thanks

Rob
 
Never did anything special with mine other then rinse it out. I or others have used this tank a half dozen times without issue. I have the 150g.
 
I was forced to use a rubbermaid tote (little guy 30 gallons or so) when my 46 sprung a leak...all i did was rinse it out and transferred tank water into it. Ended up my various SA cichlid grow outs stayed in there for 3 months, appears nothing bad happened. I didn't notice any change in the fish in or out of the tote.


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I'd clean, sanitize, rinse, then repeat, before putting fish it. Never know where stuff has been. New stuff off the shelf could have been returned by a customer, where it was previously used as a toilet, meth lab equipment, or worse.
 
In using stuff like that, I like to clean with bleach and water, and then give a real thourough rinse just to make sure. Maybe more for my peace of mind.....jmo
 
I also have simply rinsed mine in the beginning, and every season since. And find after being dry for a while, a little teflon tape on the threads of the drain plug goes a long way.
 
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