90g on 55g stand?
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i would not do it, but perhaps you have the carpentry skillset that would be needed to create this makeshift stand and have it work and adequately support a larger tank. if you don't have the proper skills, you will have a big mess on your hands, because the tank will evenutally spring a leak.
it would be way too 'tippy' and might topple over easily.
there was a thread a few days about about putting a 75 on a 55 stand, and the general opinion was it would be okay with plywood.
problem here, is that the 90 is taller as well as wider, and that might make it easy to topple over..
there was a thread a few days about about putting a 75 on a 55 stand, and the general opinion was it would be okay with plywood.
problem here, is that the 90 is taller as well as wider, and that might make it easy to topple over..
does seem like a scary idea . . . at a minimum you'd have to put some plywood over the stand to support the larger 90G dimensions . . . and since the 55G is designed to hold a smaller tank, you'd be subjecting it to roughly 65% more weight than it is intended for . . . that's a pretty substantial load . . .
I scrapped the idea. As soon as I posted it I was staring at the stand, and said "nahhhhhh".
I went to home depot, picked up 6x 8' 2"x4"s, and 2x 2'x4' pieces of 1/2" plywood. I built a nice wood stand that could probably hold a much larger tank. Plus I fit a 20H and a 10g under it.
I went to home depot, picked up 6x 8' 2"x4"s, and 2x 2'x4' pieces of 1/2" plywood. I built a nice wood stand that could probably hold a much larger tank. Plus I fit a 20H and a 10g under it.