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6 Responses to “Question about fish tanks and stands?”
thats how most stands are made. if its made for a 65 gallon tank it should hold up just fine. if your still concerned contact the manufacturer of the stand and ask how much weight its rated at. then try to figure out how much your tank will weigh full. but it should be fine.
if the tank was sold with the stand made by the same company and the stand was made for that tank then they already figured out the max weight the stand could hold in respect to what the tank weighs filled with water gravel and other decor. You should be fine. Befor you place the tank on the stand and fill it with water get a piece of styrofaom and cut it to the same size as the top of the stand. then put the tank on the stand ontop of the faom board . This will act as a self leveling device so when you fill the tank it will press into the foam and more venly distribute the wieght.
Tank stands made for the size of the tank would account for the overall weight basically. I have a 180 gallon tank, the weight just from the water alone is over 1000 lbs and nothing but a single bar goes over the middle of that. I have cichilds and a nice collection of rocks in there as well. I had to put plywood underneath the stand actually because I am on the second floor and was worried about the structural weight of the floor, but not the stand. I also have a 75 gallon set up that’s a few towns over and that stand has no middle bar.
Middle support would be accounted for in your tank sizes. You can set that up as salt or fresh and not have an issue, unless someone sold you the inccorect stand. I wouldn’t worry about it, but if you really do worry and can’t get it off your mind, put a 1 inch thick peice of plywood over the top of the stand so you have an entire base over it. It might not astetically look good, but that would more then cover your worries.
FOLLOW UP: Unless you live in a home like from back in the 50’s and 60’s, structurally for the weight of that, it should be just fine. If you are worried about the floor, you can always put the tank near load bearing walls. These would be the main walls of your place. Not the ones in the middle, but on the outside. I really think it’s fine, but again you can put plywood down to give extra support.
if the product saids that is is fine it should hold. but just to make sure i would go back to the store you got it from and look at a nother stand like the one you got just to make sure all the parts are there
if you look at the bottom..
most fish tank bottoms arnt even level with the frame the tank is built with.. so even a flat floor wont touch the bottom glass..
most tanks will take the pressure of 4 times the water the tank can carry..
65 us gallons means the tank full of water would weigh over 400 pounds. It would be a good idea to inlay some boards as support, with a layer of extruded foam between the glass and stand surface.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Rodney Wales
thats how most stands are made. if its made for a 65 gallon tank it should hold up just fine. if your still concerned contact the manufacturer of the stand and ask how much weight its rated at. then try to figure out how much your tank will weigh full. but it should be fine.
July 30th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Keith Gee
if the tank was sold with the stand made by the same company and the stand was made for that tank then they already figured out the max weight the stand could hold in respect to what the tank weighs filled with water gravel and other decor. You should be fine. Befor you place the tank on the stand and fill it with water get a piece of styrofaom and cut it to the same size as the top of the stand. then put the tank on the stand ontop of the faom board . This will act as a self leveling device so when you fill the tank it will press into the foam and more venly distribute the wieght.
July 31st, 2009 at 9:39 am
Andrew Espinoza
Tank stands made for the size of the tank would account for the overall weight basically. I have a 180 gallon tank, the weight just from the water alone is over 1000 lbs and nothing but a single bar goes over the middle of that. I have cichilds and a nice collection of rocks in there as well. I had to put plywood underneath the stand actually because I am on the second floor and was worried about the structural weight of the floor, but not the stand. I also have a 75 gallon set up that’s a few towns over and that stand has no middle bar.
Middle support would be accounted for in your tank sizes. You can set that up as salt or fresh and not have an issue, unless someone sold you the inccorect stand. I wouldn’t worry about it, but if you really do worry and can’t get it off your mind, put a 1 inch thick peice of plywood over the top of the stand so you have an entire base over it. It might not astetically look good, but that would more then cover your worries.
FOLLOW UP: Unless you live in a home like from back in the 50’s and 60’s, structurally for the weight of that, it should be just fine. If you are worried about the floor, you can always put the tank near load bearing walls. These would be the main walls of your place. Not the ones in the middle, but on the outside. I really think it’s fine, but again you can put plywood down to give extra support.
JV
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Teresa Cornish
if the product saids that is is fine it should hold. but just to make sure i would go back to the store you got it from and look at a nother stand like the one you got just to make sure all the parts are there
August 6th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Benjamin Baskin
if you look at the bottom..
most fish tank bottoms arnt even level with the frame the tank is built with.. so even a flat floor wont touch the bottom glass..
most tanks will take the pressure of 4 times the water the tank can carry..
August 7th, 2009 at 12:50 am
Eleanor Maguire
65 us gallons means the tank full of water would weigh over 400 pounds. It would be a good idea to inlay some boards as support, with a layer of extruded foam between the glass and stand surface.