DIY Tank Stand Stack?

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insecurity

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So my sister is moving back home. She's bringing her 20gal tank home, complete with god ugly mollies. (don't like mollies myself)

Anyways, being the nice, older brother, I was thinking of fashioning some sort of tank stand that would fit over my 20gal tank and attach to my stand.

I was thinking of making it entirely of 1/4" metal, and inlaying some nice pine to make it look nice.
The problem? I'm no structural engineer, so I was wondering what would be the best way of transferring the entire weight of the 20gal tank (1 gallon of water weighs approx. 10 lbs. so- 200 lbs?) to both a combination of the floor and the stand?
 
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