Right way to support tank with overflow built in??

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Hey all would like to know is this the right way to support a 72 x 36 x 27"high tank with overflow?? stand is built to support only portion of the tank and Not whole tank.. some say the 4 corner of the tank is where all the weight is on.. does this stand work?? will i have any problem in future? will i have a leak in the future??


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I'd say you're good.
 
I wouldn't say that will definitely lead to failure, but that's not ideal. The 2x6 should have run past the post (are those 6x6s?) just like on the front (with a cantelever design) and you could have used a hole saw to drill through the plywood to accommodate your bulkhead fittings. It looks like about 6" of that corner is unsupported? That has to be placing "some" torsion/stress on the rest of the tank...the million dollar question is whether or not it's causing enough stress to result in problems.

I'm not a civil/structual engineer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night :thumbsup:
 
I'd agree with Aldiaz, I've never done anything differently to support my tanks with corner overflows, and that stand looks a bit dodgy to me. The entire end of the tank is really only supported by the beam at the front, the ply or the little extra piece sticking out before the overflow won't be rigid enough [IMO] to offer any real support to the glass above it. If it was up to me I'd add another leg (doesn't need to be a massive tree trunk like the others, even a piece of 4x2 would be good) directly under the back corner by the overflow to prevent any possible sag. Remember that glass has capability to flex, 0.25mm flex in the stand is enough for it to place the loading onto the glass...
 
aldiaz33 said:
I wouldn't say that will definitely lead to failure, but that's not ideal. The 2x6 should have run past the post (are those 6x6s?) just like on the front (with a cantelever design) and you could have used a hole saw to drill through the plywood to accommodate your bulkhead fittings. It looks like about 6" of that corner is unsupported? That has to be placing "some" torsion/stress on the rest of the tank...the million dollar question is whether or not it's causing enough stress to result in problems.

I'm not a civil/structual engineer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night :thumbsup:
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That's right. Million dollar question is will I have problem. Definitely don't want 300gal in the living room.
 
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