Bushman 200 Gallon Plastic Aquaponics Grow Bed Tray in Blue

The Bushman 200 Gallon Aquaponics Grow Bed Tray is a shallow, open-top polyethylene basin built for media beds, deep-water culture, and raft systems where you need a wide growing surface rather than a tall storage column. It measures 61 inches long by 54 inches wide by 19 inches tall, giving you a broad 54.0 x 61.0 inch footprint and roughly 200 gallons of working volume in a molded blue tray. Empty weight is about 100 pounds, so one or two people can position it before plumbing.

Will it work for your grow bed?

This is a grow-bed tray, not a pressurized tank. The wide, low profile is what makes a 200 gallon tray useful for aquaponics: shallow depth keeps roots, media, and water within easy reach, and the flat bottom sits stable on a bench or stand. It ships with an 8-inch lid opening and nothing else pre-installed - no bulkheads, drains, or outlets are molded in, so every flood and drain connection, along with the bulkhead fittings and gaskets they need, is field-added by the installer. Plan that plumbing around the tray geometry shown on the technical drawing on this page. The tray is rated for continuous water contact only; it is an open-top basin, not a pressure or chemical vessel. If you are staging multiple beds or matching this Bushman tray to a sump and fish tank, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you balance volume across the loop.

Weight and siting

Water is the load that matters here. Filled to capacity, this 200 gallon tray holds about 1,668 pounds of water alone, spread across the 54 x 61 inch footprint. Grow media - expanded clay, gravel, or similar - adds substantial dead load on top of that water figure, so size the stand well above the water-only number rather than to it. Build or select a stand rated for the full flooded load plus media, and confirm the surface underneath is level so the shallow basin drains and floods evenly instead of pooling to one side. For a permanent above-ground bench on a slab, review our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks.

Freight to your ZIP

This Bushman aquaponics tray ships LTL from Bushman's Oklahoma point, though the Texas plant may serve some lanes - the estimator picks the actual origin for your ZIP. Because it is a wide, lightweight molded tray, it moves as freight rather than parcel, and the cost depends on your delivery ZIP and dock or driveway access. Get a live number with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you. If rainwater feed is part of your aquaponics plan, our write-up on Bushman rainwater harvesting and first-flush diverter sizing pairs well with this build.