Provided the welds are rusted… I’m very confident this stand will hold the weight of the tank…
Even though the stand can hold the weight… and you cannot bend the legs at this time… putting 3,000 lbs of stress on the stand THEN having a 200 lb drunkard stumble into it… is a complete different experiment… not one I think you’d want to take chances with…
With a 2.5 span front to back, I agree that Plywood is a must (as mentioned above, acrylic can bend/flex allowing the middle of the bottom to blow out if not supported). I believe that ¾” would be enough by looking at the bracing…
I hope to add a large acrylic aquarium to my collection soon and from what I’ve been reading, Manufacturers of Acrylic tanks claim that acrylic tanks do not need foam under them as, just like we discussed earlier, Acrylic can bend and account for minor imperfections. Naturally if you have a half inch bump on the stand this may be excessive, but if the stand is for all intensive purposes flat, then foam is a very inexpensive form of overkill (which isn’t a bad idea)… FYI - in 20 years of fish keeping I’ve used foam under about 5% of my tanks and have never had a blow out caused by this (the only “blow out” I’ve had was when the center brace on a 55 gal broke due to a stumbling drunkard).
Looks like your on the way to a sweet set up… congratts…
Even though the stand can hold the weight… and you cannot bend the legs at this time… putting 3,000 lbs of stress on the stand THEN having a 200 lb drunkard stumble into it… is a complete different experiment… not one I think you’d want to take chances with…
With a 2.5 span front to back, I agree that Plywood is a must (as mentioned above, acrylic can bend/flex allowing the middle of the bottom to blow out if not supported). I believe that ¾” would be enough by looking at the bracing…
I hope to add a large acrylic aquarium to my collection soon and from what I’ve been reading, Manufacturers of Acrylic tanks claim that acrylic tanks do not need foam under them as, just like we discussed earlier, Acrylic can bend and account for minor imperfections. Naturally if you have a half inch bump on the stand this may be excessive, but if the stand is for all intensive purposes flat, then foam is a very inexpensive form of overkill (which isn’t a bad idea)… FYI - in 20 years of fish keeping I’ve used foam under about 5% of my tanks and have never had a blow out caused by this (the only “blow out” I’ve had was when the center brace on a 55 gal broke due to a stumbling drunkard).
Looks like your on the way to a sweet set up… congratts…
