So does the melamine contain toxic chemicals? Is sealing the sides just an appearance thing, or do we really want to seal up all traces of what's inside the plasitc coating?
No melamine is fine bc people use it for racks. I misspoke in my last post, i apologize. If you build it out of melamine i would just seal all the seams with aquarium sealant and you should be all set. What do you plan to keep in it?