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Post by spoot on Mar 26, 2012 23:20:21 GMT -6
Hey there! Been a while since I've posted. Hope everyone is doin OK! Well I've moved to an apartment in town, so I had to get rid of all my tanks except my 75 Gallon. Instead of using the home made stand I had for it, I went ahead and got a manufactured stand with some of the in-store credit I got from all my fish and plants. The question I have is this... the tank does not sit in a recessed area like the one I had for my 55. It HAS a recessed area, but the tank does not fit in it. Instead it aligns perfectly with the raised area around the recess. I called a couple of folks and they are saying some stands are like that. That it's probably a stand made for multiple sizes and some sit in the recess, but since the 75 is the max size tank for it, it will sit on the outer edge. I'm cautious, at best, before putting half a ton of weight on this thing before I know for sure. I can take pictures if needed. One of the guys I called said that Perfecto 75G stands sit in the recess, however the stands made by All-Glass are designed for it to sit on the edge. Don't get me wrong, the full weight would be supported, but from what I can see with the stand, it would be supported by the straight nails used to secure the horizontal boards to the vertical?  For reference, here's the stand itself... www.onlinepetdepot.com/glass-aquarium-cabinet-stand-pine-inch-high-black-pi-12623.html |
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Post by spoot on Mar 26, 2012 23:23:35 GMT -6
I should add that even though I've got an answer from the guy I called... he prefixed and suffixed "I think, but I'm not sure..." on both ends of the statement. That's why I'm coming to you guys... the experts!
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Post by ree123 on Mar 26, 2012 23:36:55 GMT -6
The experts, huh ?  Don't know about that. Are you talking about a wood stand or a metal stand ? Pic's would help to explain your question so there is no confussion of your specifics. I am unaware of a stand made to hold tanks in this way. Another may be completely familiar though, so you can give it a biot to see who else responds here. Usually if the 4 edges of a tank are supported evenly, the glass bottom needs no direct supposrt under it, so based on your description, your stand sounds usable, but again pic's to be sure we are talking about the same exact thing, would be useful. And,... Happy b-day last week, and WELCOME BACK ! Please keep returning to be an active part of the group !!! Many new members and lots of talk here. Also,... an update.....our Spring 2012 swap/meet has been set and plans are under way for Sunday, May 20, 2012 @ the Charlie Daniels Recreation Park in Mt. Juliet, TN from 1 to 5 p. We sure hope you will make plans to attend and have fun with us ! All the details can be found in a thread under the announcement board near the top of the forum face page. Be sure to ask if you don't know. |
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Post by spoot on Mar 26, 2012 23:45:16 GMT -6
Sure, let me see if I can get a pic really quick on the ole droid.
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Post by spoot on Mar 26, 2012 23:53:57 GMT -6
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Post by ree123 on Mar 26, 2012 23:59:11 GMT -6
Pic 1 and 2 seem to show the raised lip at the end of the tank, but the tank looks to be inside the lip, making for a more narrow edge for the bottom frame of the tank to sit on. Pic 3 looks like the front of the tank will not have a lip on the stand so the edge of the tank will sit correctly on that part of the stand.
question.....in pic 1 and 2, will the tank sit up on that lip i see or where it is in the pic ?
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Post by spoot on Mar 27, 2012 0:02:51 GMT -6
It's like Pic3 all the way around. Pic 1 is the tank slid back a little to show where the recess is, and the width of the lip it will sit on. Pic 2 is it sitting as square on the lip as I can get it by myself at 0100 with a bunch of stuff still in it. And Pic 3 is the same as Pic2, just facing the tank from the level of point of contact.
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Post by ree123 on Mar 27, 2012 0:03:17 GMT -6
pic 4 doesn't look like there are any ridges on that stand.
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Post by spoot on Mar 27, 2012 0:07:13 GMT -6
Yea, Pic4 was one I hijacked from Google image search. If my tank were cleaned up and I could get a better pic it's what it looks like. The tank sit on top of the aforementioned lip, not down in a recess. If you look close at Pic4, you can see the boards that I'm used to my tanks sitting on with these manufactured stands.
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Post by ree123 on Mar 27, 2012 0:07:59 GMT -6
i have never seen a commercial stand like this, but then every time i think i have seen it all, alas, i am wrong.
although the lip to tank frame is < on the two ends, ti looks to me like the support will be enough as long as it is square and the contact is uniform along both ends from front to back.
you might want to wait and see if others here tomorrow disagree, but i think you should be ok to proceed, IMHO.
BTW...pic's did help.
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Post by ree123 on Mar 27, 2012 0:10:26 GMT -6
i think i see......you built and painted some 2x4's and placed thm atop the stand and your tank has been sitting on the 2x4 frame you built w/o a lip. correct ?
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Post by ree123 on Mar 27, 2012 0:12:05 GMT -6
you could also sand off the lip and spray with some paint and make the lip go away.
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Post by spoot on Mar 27, 2012 0:18:12 GMT -6
No, my old stand for my 75 was a full cabinet that I had built a couple of summers ago. When the floods came through last spring/summer (Overton County) the room it was in flooded and the original stand sustained some water damage. That's when I broke the tank down and took my fish/plants to LFS since I didn't have a better plan in place then. This is the old stand.  What I'm talking about with my 55 is it actually sat down IN the lip partially and rested on the main support boards inside the frame. This one doesn't, it sits on top of the lip instead of down in it... which now that I've done a few image searches seems to be the norm. |
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Post by ree123 on Mar 27, 2012 0:25:49 GMT -6
i follow now. i think. I have several hand made stands in my fish room where the legs are inside and/or outside of the frame the tank(s) sit on and the weight is on multiple wood decking screws holding the top rectangle frame onto the leg supports and i have no sagging and no problems. the weight is not pressing down onto the legs per se. your question was about support of the tank weight pressing down onto the legs from the top weight of the tank down to the floor. do i follow better ? |
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Post by spoot on Mar 27, 2012 0:29:53 GMT -6
Yea, my concern is that with it sitting on the lip portion instead of the main support boards, that the weight of the tank could cause a stress fracture where the boards are fastened to the support, or cause the tacks that hold it on to sheer. Could be completely absurd, but when dealing with this much weight/water, better to ask and know for sure than be sorry I figure.
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Don't know about that.
