Fix that plastic bin!

I'm using these big brown plastic 400 ltr bins for my hydroponic setup. Either because of bending stress from pulling them or the water being too cold, the bins end up cracking and leaking all over.

So far, tried silicon (too clumpy, leaves a surface where algae can accumulate), super glue (keeps leaking) and duct tape (keeps leaking). If anyone has any new suggestions, my mind is open, sensei.

Put a liner in them.

Throw them away and invest in a propper water tank. Y take the risk of spilling water allover ur spot. There's just far too many negatives involved for u to not change to something fit for purpose. Plus there is a water tank out there for any situation, to fit any size and space.

Personally I like these.
http://www.tanks-direct.co.uk/400_litre_water_tanks

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Tank shopping is def up there in my list...but this is a vertical grow and everything is a snug fit. Hard to get the exact same dimensions...thanks for the link...they sell this stuff in Canada too or just UK?

I would imagine u can get them all over the world. Just search potable water tanks in google. I can't imsgine how stressed I'd be keep thinking about whether my plants weren't gettig watered because the contents of my res was aallover the floor lol. Sort it out! Jk

I bought a recycled 60 gallon plastic barrel that was food grade... it still had strawberry syrup in it when I brought it home, just a good cleaning and it has done the job for 3 years now.... best part was it was only 20 dollars USD...

Walmart has a 50gal "smart bin" for $46. You can fill it and stand on the lid with no worries.

Im waiting for the day when I need an ibc size container. Those things are awesome and you can get them second hand for free most of the time. They have a metal cage around them for support, my buddy just cuts the top half off and stands his 2 4x8 flood tables ontop of the bottom so he don't even need a lid.