You can see them in garages, warehouses, or restaurants... Those steel wire shelves meant to hold hundreds upon hundred of pounds... I realized, THAT'S what I wanted as a fish tank stand!!!
Mr. Sunshine, my 6-inch goldfish, lives on my patio in a little 10 gallon tank. I decided to be very careful with his second 55-gallon tank (seeing as I broke his first one!!! Thankfully not with him in it!). A sturdy tank stand would be key...
But as an outdoor fish, I didn't want cabinetry that would create dark spaces and attract black widows... I didn't want wood that would warp and weaken with weather and rain...
My solution? A dunnage rack! (google it!) Or maybe some short version of the super heavy duty storage racks you see in garages... But finding a version of those shelves that was LOW proved impossible... all of them were 4 or 5 feet tall, and I wanted Mr. Sunshine's tank to sit below some hanging plants in my yard...
Home Depot, OSH... no such luck... Until I found myself in a restaurant supply store.
![276910.jpg 276910.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/259/259157-2d596b473e2aac1d6ef547cb4c00da3b.jpg)
I ended with something like this![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
However... it's meant to support 600lb... And a 55 gallon will be a bit over... I bet the numbers are conservative when those shelving companies record them though.... :\
A normal tank stand is too tall, and about as expensive, if not a bit more.... Thoughts?
Mr. Sunshine, my 6-inch goldfish, lives on my patio in a little 10 gallon tank. I decided to be very careful with his second 55-gallon tank (seeing as I broke his first one!!! Thankfully not with him in it!). A sturdy tank stand would be key...
But as an outdoor fish, I didn't want cabinetry that would create dark spaces and attract black widows... I didn't want wood that would warp and weaken with weather and rain...
My solution? A dunnage rack! (google it!) Or maybe some short version of the super heavy duty storage racks you see in garages... But finding a version of those shelves that was LOW proved impossible... all of them were 4 or 5 feet tall, and I wanted Mr. Sunshine's tank to sit below some hanging plants in my yard...
Home Depot, OSH... no such luck... Until I found myself in a restaurant supply store.
![276910.jpg 276910.jpg](https://www.aquariumadvice.com/data/attachments/259/259157-2d596b473e2aac1d6ef547cb4c00da3b.jpg)
I ended with something like this
However... it's meant to support 600lb... And a 55 gallon will be a bit over... I bet the numbers are conservative when those shelving companies record them though.... :\
A normal tank stand is too tall, and about as expensive, if not a bit more.... Thoughts?