I have a water bowl in with my 55G tank of rats(the ones that chewed the bins).
I take one heavy water bowl, turn it upside down and put it in(set on the bottom of the tank so it's stable) first. Bedding all around as usual. Then set a different water bowl on top of that one, so it's elevated on a platform above the bedding. I rarely have any issues with bedding in the water(unless someone goes all nuts kicking bedding around in fun).
They drink out of the bowl really well, it's easy to remove and clean, I just leave the "base" bowl in there.
I know I could get a holder, but the rats have a tendancy of climbing the bottle to chew and futz with the lid of the tank, OR the bugger chew the water bottle open(especially if they happen to empty it when I'm not home!).
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