Mad Professor
Aquarium Advice Activist
Well hello all, I have a serious engineering problem.
Acouple of months ago or late last year, I acquired a 10 gallon tank from a senior citizen that had died of medical problems. I already had a 10 gallon on regular furniture at that time. So I made a mad dash out to the nearest pet store and bought a 10Gal wooden aquarium stand. Well a few months after that someone from the same building threw out a 29 Gallon tall tank with stand. I didn't like the stand because it was degrading and in bad condition. I took the tank only. Sometime after I acquired the 29G tank, I made a post on how to clean it. I got that answered and now here I am at this time, wantting to use it.
MY PROBLEM:
The stand I bought at that time was only meant for a 10Gal, I came up with an idea to place filler board in between the stand and the extenstion board on top of that. But after I talked with my dad, and he said the stand was made of crest wood and it would buckle under the weight. He also said that a steel/iron stand would be much better for this solution. So I thought of my grandma because she has a steel/iron 10Gal stand for her little tank.
Now to get to the point of the problem, my question is would a 10Gal steel/iron stand work if I placed a WxDXxH 30"x12 1/2"x19" Hard wood board or a bit bigger over the stand and place the 29Gal tank on top of that. Would it work?
Would the iron stand buckle or break a weld after loading 400 pound tank on it?
Thanks
~Mp
Acouple of months ago or late last year, I acquired a 10 gallon tank from a senior citizen that had died of medical problems. I already had a 10 gallon on regular furniture at that time. So I made a mad dash out to the nearest pet store and bought a 10Gal wooden aquarium stand. Well a few months after that someone from the same building threw out a 29 Gallon tall tank with stand. I didn't like the stand because it was degrading and in bad condition. I took the tank only. Sometime after I acquired the 29G tank, I made a post on how to clean it. I got that answered and now here I am at this time, wantting to use it.
MY PROBLEM:
The stand I bought at that time was only meant for a 10Gal, I came up with an idea to place filler board in between the stand and the extenstion board on top of that. But after I talked with my dad, and he said the stand was made of crest wood and it would buckle under the weight. He also said that a steel/iron stand would be much better for this solution. So I thought of my grandma because she has a steel/iron 10Gal stand for her little tank.
Now to get to the point of the problem, my question is would a 10Gal steel/iron stand work if I placed a WxDXxH 30"x12 1/2"x19" Hard wood board or a bit bigger over the stand and place the 29Gal tank on top of that. Would it work?
Would the iron stand buckle or break a weld after loading 400 pound tank on it?
Thanks
~Mp