Any stand ideas for a 1000g tank?
- Thread starter Ramesh
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At that size I would have a welder fabricate a steel square tubing frame. You could use wood to skin around it after.
cinderblock... maybe see if atlas can just hold it up for you? no im looking into a custom steel for one half that size. just curious who builds a glass 1000g tank? what thinkness glass is that? i need to see this
I don't know of any metal fabricators. so, I would build mine out of wood and build it to hold a tank, but that's just me.
Definitely steel.
Talk to someone at a metal shop. I am sure that you will find someone who has a little patience and is willing to work on an interesting project with you.
I think that you could do something neat with diamond plating, so long as it's not too much. Maybe a matte black/powdercoated finish regardless of the style you choose.
Powdercoating will also offer you corrosion protection.
Talk to someone at a metal shop. I am sure that you will find someone who has a little patience and is willing to work on an interesting project with you.
I think that you could do something neat with diamond plating, so long as it's not too much. Maybe a matte black/powdercoated finish regardless of the style you choose.
Powdercoating will also offer you corrosion protection.
2x2 square tubing 3/16" wall. Welded. Look under my past threads on my 750g build. If your anywhere near jersey ill give you a price
I am assuming this is on a concrete floor? I would be warry to place 5000kg onto a standard home wood framed floor.... And if it is on concrete, I would build cinder block posts that you could put 4 x 8 or 4 x 10 wood beams in. Cinderblock and morter is easy, and with the beams and everything i am sure that it would be cheaper than a custom fabricated steel stand
I'd probably do it out of 4x4's. depending on the the Length if the tank, 4 or 5 across the back and front, 3 across the width (sides), and 1 in the center.
Hulon built this stand for WESTWINGLBC
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=379597&page=7
Depending on the size of the tubular steel and the size of the tank, cross-bracing is used. Here's the stand for the 4,000 tank set up that csx4236 did.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187624
(Tank and stand is now owned by bigrich545)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=362706&page=2
I initially wanted cross-bracing on our stand, but we used 3 1/2" tubular steel, and didn't need cross-bracing.
Here's our overbuilt stand for our monster tank.
Looks totally different powder coated
1" marine grade plywood on the top of the stand
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=379597&page=7
Depending on the size of the tubular steel and the size of the tank, cross-bracing is used. Here's the stand for the 4,000 tank set up that csx4236 did.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187624
(Tank and stand is now owned by bigrich545)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=362706&page=2
I initially wanted cross-bracing on our stand, but we used 3 1/2" tubular steel, and didn't need cross-bracing.
Here's our overbuilt stand for our monster tank.
Looks totally different powder coated
1" marine grade plywood on the top of the stand