Will tubs melt?

I've been pricing things for Ackies and decided to check on tubs even though I had planned on a trough. I found a huge sterilite that was 4x20x20 at Walmart, but I'm afraid that it may melt with an Ackies heating requirements. Can anyone justify this or will it be fine?


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Don't aim the lamp at the plastic.

I doubt it will hurt it at all. The common melting point of most plastics is 200-250 degrees f, and a proper ackie basking spot should be between 120 and 150 degrees f. And even then, you could always silicon a tile or plate rock background onto the spots that will be hot.