Fish tank stand strong enough?

[xDestro]

I recently bought a used wooden tank stand and I'm not sure if it can hold all the weight of a 55 gallon, it has a sticker on it saying it's meant for a 75 gallon tall and has precautions about how a fish tank that size can weigh 1000+ pounds but when I look at what's acually supporting the tank it's just 4 main wood pieces in each corner with a board over top on the 2 end sides kinda like ur average table? I was wondering if I should install some middle support or not?

 

[AquaLeo]

If your curious about tank weight check out customaquariums website. Honestly its fine for mine however i have 120 gallon (1080 lbs water only) I made my own stand and used concrete blocks and wood (duh). Again its up to you, did you buy the stand from a aquarium section then fine but if its just some stand you found not such a good idea again if you have a few blocks laying around way not. Btw your tank weight with sand/gravel will be around 790 lbs. Try googling your stand and how much weight it can take.

 

[krichardson]

Post a photo of this stand.

 

[xDestro]

Kinda hard to tell to well but in the second pic u can see the corner and how thin the wood is. It's like that in all 4 corners and has no middle supports

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[xDestro]

Also has this sticker on inside door

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[xDestro]

So I was thinking about maybe just doubling the wood in each corner and adding a support to stretch across the middle width wise but is that nessesary?

 

[krichardson]

It looks like a manufactured stand,I would trust it.

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