Stand or not to stand

So I got a great deal on a 180G tank, to move my dovii into when they get a bit bigger ( only 2" Max at moment). So I got time to play with it and get it how I want it.

The wife doesn't want a stand she likes it sat on the floor with some decorative rug etc but is there any down falls except emptying it having it on the floor?? It is sat on polystyrene so it helps with levelling it out.

I'm going to be using 2x 2000ltr external Canisters and two sponge filters so no worries on the filtration, just looking for any bad points of having it on the floor



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Well I just found out I have 1/2" difference on the floor so may need to build a small stand just to take this out even if I use blocks.

Years ago I had a 36" cube tank I breed angels in and that was made of 3/4" glass I had that on a pallet on the floor with a 404 and it work OK for years but it was in the fish room at the time so not much movement in and out, may have a rethink.

This is why I'm glad I brought it so early lol apart from the good price I got time to mess with it a bit

Thanks for the info guys

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There isn't but I think I got a plan now. I'm gonna build a small stand to get it up at least 6-10" off the ground this will help me with the level issue because ill be able to lift the stand rather than the tank


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thanks for all the advice today, i got it all level using some greenhouse twin wall polycarbonate i had lying around, i put this under the polystyrene so no issues with it not being supported. still not sure if ill change it all and put a stand under it.

the main reason for no stand, is its the quite room lol (no such thing with kids) but its where the wife goes to read and so not a lot of movement in there. not only that but she has this image of it looking like its sat on a rug.

still after 14 years of marriage i still can't work out how she thinks sometimes, but on the flip side i get my big tank (that she actually brought) so im happy if she is and as long i can make it work. Anything for a quite life.

and if you think its bad how she wants the tank sat you should hear some of the ideas for the inside but ill leave that for another thread.

thanks again and ill update as i play around.