I had a steel stand built for my 180 in wall build that is very different than most. I have the stand supporting 3 sides of the tank and the wall supporting the front/viewing side.
There is a .8cm gap between where the steel stand meets the wood construction and feel that leaving the gap would be better than trying to put something there to be pefectly flush. Any thoughts?
I've had this tank set up on a stand with foam and without foam under the tank. Both setups worked just fine as I cut the foam way it was only on the outer lip. The foam didnt touch the glass when I used the foam method, only the platic rim.
When I had the tank just sitting on the stand (3/4" plywood top) there were a couple gaps that were actually a lot wider than .8cm from the plywood not being perfectly flat. That setup worked fine as well.
Now the .8cm gap is about 2 inches from the front corners where the wood meets the steel. I also have foam under the plastic rim as of right now. Havent filled the tank yet as it has been sitting in the garage for quite a while without any flow what so ever. Lot of cleaning left but getting there!
If I calculated correctly there will be less than 7.5lb of pressure on each of these spots which doesnt seem like much at all but I'm not a tank engineer either. I find it very hard to believe that any rimmed tank will ever be 100% flush along every sqaure cm but being as close as possible is the goal. I just fear that trying to put something there could possibly cause more harm than good if anything ever decided to settle ever so slightly. The stand is made out of HSS4x2x1/4" tubing and will not flex/settle as its on concrete and the wood part is built strong enough to hold a tank on top on concrete as well.
There is a .8cm gap between where the steel stand meets the wood construction and feel that leaving the gap would be better than trying to put something there to be pefectly flush. Any thoughts?
I've had this tank set up on a stand with foam and without foam under the tank. Both setups worked just fine as I cut the foam way it was only on the outer lip. The foam didnt touch the glass when I used the foam method, only the platic rim.
When I had the tank just sitting on the stand (3/4" plywood top) there were a couple gaps that were actually a lot wider than .8cm from the plywood not being perfectly flat. That setup worked fine as well.
Now the .8cm gap is about 2 inches from the front corners where the wood meets the steel. I also have foam under the plastic rim as of right now. Havent filled the tank yet as it has been sitting in the garage for quite a while without any flow what so ever. Lot of cleaning left but getting there!
If I calculated correctly there will be less than 7.5lb of pressure on each of these spots which doesnt seem like much at all but I'm not a tank engineer either. I find it very hard to believe that any rimmed tank will ever be 100% flush along every sqaure cm but being as close as possible is the goal. I just fear that trying to put something there could possibly cause more harm than good if anything ever decided to settle ever so slightly. The stand is made out of HSS4x2x1/4" tubing and will not flex/settle as its on concrete and the wood part is built strong enough to hold a tank on top on concrete as well.
