If you were building a stand for a 4' wide tank ..

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Made a ton of 45 degree angle pieces so it was supported more towards the middle, but still fit a big sump. Idk how much it helped but made me feel better about getting under a few 1000 lbs of tank n water n stuff for maintenance.
 
Thanks, diagonal bracing will certainly be on the cards, but most likely in the form of ply screwed to the exterior.
I should have mentioned, there will be no need to ever go under this stand, all filtration etc will be behind the tank on the other side of the wall.

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If you don't need to have anything under the stand, then put in a middle support. Don't try to span when you can have the security of support.
 
David R said:
Just running ideas thru in my mind, would you go for 6*2 bearers running front to back, or 4*2 with a leg in the centre supporting so it is a 2' span?

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Here's our stand for our 4' wide tank
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Before we had it painted and powder coated
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Probably a little over built with 3 1/2" tubular steel.
 
Nice! Steel is still my preferred option, but the place that did my lase three (which were flawless and always dead square) have closed down. :(

I'm still toying with the idea of doing a "stacked lumber" type thing seems how the stand will be very low, and I have no need to get under it, but after the failure of my first attempt for the 1400L I'd certainly use gauged timber instead of rough sawn...

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Hadn't considered that but have seen it done before. Would you just stack them or concrete them in place? My wife wasn't very keen on the idea of a concrete block tank (too permanent apparently, though a glass box built on site and too heavy to be carried out in one piece isn't) so I'm not sure how she would feel about a stand made of the same construction...
 
They stack straight on top of each other with no need for concrete or mortar and will take the weight all day long. They are not a permanent fixture and as such are easy to move should the need arise. My 9'x4'x3.4' rest on 4 equal rows length ways. 10 blocks in each row as I am 2 blocks high. They are shown in the build link in my siggy.
Food for thought.;)
 
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