tupperwear in reef tank

[Kyle Sicard]

Hey Randy,
I wanted to ask if leaving tupperwear, rubberbands, and mesh from the BRS screen tops will have a bad affect on an aquarium in the long term?

I have a frag tank that I frequently use those items in to make little bowls to contain corals like mushrooms in where I put frag plugs all along the bottom so that they will attach to the plugs. And I think I would like to leave the DIY containers in the tank indefinitely but I was unsure if in the long term that these items would harm the tank.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

What sort of mesh?

 

[Kyle Sicard]

I checked on their website and they dont specify, they just call it netting. It's the mesh from the BRS DIY screen top kits.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/diy-aquarium-screen-top-kits-for-rimmed-tanks-1-4-netting.html

Here's a link to it, you can use the picture to get a visual on the netting.

 

[Supurderek]

I would assume, plastic would break down in the long term but the adverse effects of degradation and release of anything that would cause damage would be negligible and be taken out or reduced to low quantities when you do water changes.

 

[Kyle Sicard]

I can understand that, I just wanted to make sure there wasnt anything known about these items that would for sure cause issues. I can always just replace the items and I'll probably remove them for cleaning every month or 2.