1347 Gal | Aquarium Stand Structure Design Inputs

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Hangers are always a good option for anything that wont be handling the actual strain so I suggest them. I also suggest putting a piece of 3/4 plywood over the entire top and then 3/4" insulation foam board on top of that. It will help evenly distribute all the weight and if your tanks going to be acrylic it will allow the bottom panel to bow to take stress off the corners
Then I don't think I would need the foam since I will be bolting down the 2x4 wood frame of the tank to the 3/4 sheet for a complete pond armor/ low iron glass plywood tank build.
 
Hangers are always a good option for anything that wont be handling the actual strain so I suggest them. I also suggest putting a piece of 3/4 plywood over the entire top and then 3/4" insulation foam board on top of that. It will help evenly distribute all the weight and if your tanks going to be acrylic it will allow the bottom panel to bow to take stress off the corners
I priced out the footprint in acrylic 1.5 inch all around and it came out to 40k so plywood tank it is lol.
 
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Hangers are always a good option for anything that wont be handling the actual strain so I suggest them. I also suggest putting a piece of 3/4 plywood over the entire top and then 3/4" insulation foam board on top of that. It will help evenly distribute all the weight and if your tanks going to be acrylic it will allow the bottom panel to bow to take stress off the corners
This is what I mean by laminate. Either reinforce with hangers or secure plywood to the front and back of the supports and horizontal wood.
 
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Is deflection a concern in the top horizontal pieces thus causing the sides to tip in? Or is the load from the tank dispersed enough that the structure carries the load evenly?
 
Is deflection a concern in the top horizontal pieces thus causing the sides to tip in? Or is the load from the tank dispersed enough that the structure carries the load evenly?
This is just a basic structural design.
The stand would have to be changed for larger tanks.
Adding additional vertical as needed to completely support the top frame and for a tank this size I would also had some X bracing on the sides and the back to stop and shifting in the front to back and left to right.
 
This is just a basic structural design.
The stand would have to be changed for larger tanks.
Adding additional vertical as needed to completely support the top frame and for a tank this size I would also had some X bracing on the sides and the back to stop and shifting in the front to back and left to right.
Bang on. Just had to ask the question in case someone saw that and wanted to replicate it for a much larger tank than intended.
 
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