How sturdy is a brute 10gal for cycling rocks?

[mizimmer90]

As the title suggests, I've been cycling rocks in a 10 gal brute for the past 2 months. I probably should have used 2 buckets but I was trying to limit the amount of real estate this took up in the house for my partner, so I crammed them all in here lol.

Params look good but I noticed today that the bin is bowing where the rocks are touching the sides. My question: anyone think I should be concerned by the bowing?

Last thing I want is 10 gal of saltwater flooding the house from a rupture but like the setup thus far haha.

It's hard to show the bowing from the pics (much more noticeable in person) but here's an attempt:

 

[CasperOe]

Should be sturdy enough- i would be a wee bit careful when moving it around though!

 

[MnFish1]

Hmmm its fine

 

[Ioanis234]

As the title suggests, I've been cycling rocks in a 10 gal brute for the past 2 months. I probably should have used 2 buckets but I was trying to limit the amount of real estate this took up in the house for my partner, so I crammed them all in here lol.

Params look good but I noticed today that the bin is bowing where the rocks are touching the sides. My question: anyone think I should be concerned by the bowing?

Last thing I want is 10 gal of saltwater flooding the house from a rupture but like the setup thus far haha.

It's hard to show the bowing from the pics (much more noticeable in person) but here's an attempt:

be careful

 

[MnFish1]

Curious - why would you ever do that? for 2 months? this is not meant to be critical - what 'what are you cycling with bare rock? Are you feeding the rock? Is there a reason you couldn't just put the rock in your tank>.

 

[mizimmer90]

Curious - why would you ever do that? for 2 months? this is not meant to be critical - what 'what are you cycling with bare rock? Are you feeding the rock? Is there a reason you couldn't just put the rock in your tank>.

The tank is in production and will be shipped to me by the end of Oct/ early Nov.

Using Fritz ammonia to cycle the rocks.

 

[jda]

If you can get some surface film on those rock, you likely lessen the chance for dinos to quickly move into the vacant space.

 

[mizimmer90]

If you can get some surface film on those rock, you likely lessen the chance for dinos to quickly move into the vacant space.

I added some coraline in a bottle in hopes to seed it quicker, but I don't have a light on it so we'll see if anything happens lol

 

[Propane]

Coralline will require light but good deal getting ahead on the cycling. As stated above you should feed it something.