Aquarium Stands

[chrisrm]

I was just sitting here thinking how strong must an aquarium stand / cabinet be?
working it out...
350l of water =350kg
Substate =20kg
Rocks wood etc =6kg ish
Then the tank 13mm glass =120kg
Filters/ heaters =2.5kg

total=497.5kg!

Thats nearly half a ton!

 

[Truck]

yep theyre strong...for saying theyre chip board...its just the way the weight is spread

 

[mooey65]

To think most of them are made very cheap. MDF and Chipboard.

You beat me to it trucasauras

 

[Attilauk]

its all in the design of the stand, most furniture has never been designed to take that sort of loading.

im looking at building my own stand for my next tank out of roof rafter timbers, it looks like we will have a fair few lengths of 2" x 8" left over after the roof is finished on the site im on at the moment. the project manager has said to me that if i can get it home its mine

 

[Tory]

I was just sitting here thinking how strong must an aquarium stand / cabinet be?
working it out...
350l of water =350kg
Substate =20kg
Rocks wood etc =6kg ish
Then the tank 13mm glass =120kg
Filters/ heaters =2.5kg

total=497.5kg!

Thats nearly half a ton!

78 stone

I converted mine yesterday because im having a cabinet, and with water alone is 23 stone!! My friend is building me a cabinet in a recess next to the fireplace, and hes only got half of the frame up and it held us both which was a combined weight of approx 24 stone!!

 

[zuulan]

To think most of them are made very cheap. MDF and Chipboard.

I do find it amazing that these few pieces of chipboard can hold so much weight.

Especially when all the weight is then spread on 4 little feet onto your floor. Touch wood. My laminate floor is holding up so far.

 

[jmkgreen]

What's even more surprising is that when you open many big-brand cabinets up you realise they have no rear wall to them! Just sides, door(s) and usually but not always a centre partition.

My ND cabinet has rear walls and two centre partitions, I do feel safer. Oh, and they gave me an inch of polystyrene to place the cabinet on - prevent laminate floor damage I hope!

 

[Tolak]

Cheap commercially made chipboard stands are what got me started making my own stands & racks. Old filter overflows, stand legs get wet, turn to something akin to oatmeal. Tank ends up with a dangerous 1" tilt & sinking fast.

Look online for DIY deck construction, apply this to building stands & you can't go wrong. It amazes me that manufacturers will warranty their tanks on these under built disasters waiting to happen.

 

[Faythee]

All my tanks are on stands we built ourselves. I do have one tank that is on the stand designed for it. This stand has metal legs, and can't possibly topple over :