Aquarium Stand Help

[Burbotman]

Thanks for the compliment.

The guy I bought the stand off of actually owned a wood shop, so I was pretty confident that he took good care of it. I did still inspect it before buying it though. I also still wanted to reinforce it because I wasn't comfortable with the stock design of staples and shaved wood planks for a 2000# plus load. The lighter vertical pieces I used to reinforce it were really high quality hardwood for a lot of extra strength.

I bought my stand new, and was surprised at how light the construction was. I too was not comfortable with Staples holding every thing together. I felt much better having glued and screwed in the inner frame the 3/4" plywood top cap was the screwed down to my support pieces.

 

[shorjai]

I bought my stand new, and was surprised at how light the construction was. I too was not comfortable with Staples holding every thing together. I felt much better having glued and screwed in the inner frame the 3/4" plywood top cap was the screwed down to my support pieces.

Hey Burbotman, do you have a image how your current tank looks like after having 3/4 ploywood and foam on top?

 

[Thomas18]

I would add 2 layers of 1/2" plywood and then a 1/2" layer of styrofoam on top of that. Im not suer if most people still use that but it is the easiest way to make sure there are no problems that arise due to the stand not being totally flat.

 

[Burbotman]

Hey Burbotman, do you have a image how your current tank looks like after having 3/4 ploywood and foam on top?

Here are some pics when I installed it. I put trim around the plywood/styro layer so it can't be seen.