Plastic pots - aquarium safe?

[gimmethatfish]

After a recent disaster, I am gunshy about putting things into my tank. I have to re-do my DIY 3D background, and I have this idea of building in a few little caves and hidey-holes. I may or may not be doing a betta sorority in this tank, but hiding places can't hurt anything and will look cool either way.

I have a couple of unglazed terracotta pots I am going to put at the bottom of the tank and kind of arch the background over them. But I'm leery of siliconing (is that a word?) the heavy pots up higher. I know they make plastic terracotta-look pots that weigh almost nothing. Anyone see anything wrong with using these? They will be unused obviously and cleaned ahead of time.

 

[Ian086]

After a recent disaster, I am gunshy about putting things into my tank. I have to re-do my DIY 3D background, and I have this idea of building in a few little caves and hidey-holes. I may or may not be doing a betta sorority in this tank, but hiding places can't hurt anything and will look cool either way.

I have a couple of unglazed terracotta pots I am going to put at the bottom of the tank and kind of arch the background over them. But I'm leery of siliconing (is that a word?) the heavy pots up higher. I know they make plastic terracotta-look pots that weigh almost nothing. Anyone see anything wrong with using these? They will be unused obviously and cleaned ahead of time.

I can't see a problem with using them, especially in fresh water. I would say, go for it.....

 

[mrvincent]

Most plastic is aquarium safe.

 

[GodFan]

One thing I like to tell people. Nearly anythibg is aquarium safe once coated in a nice even layer of aquarium safe silicone lol however as they are plastic it should be safe either way

 

[teagybear]

Put them in hot water for 5 minutes, if you take them out and they smell strongly of plastic, don't put them in.