"Magic Sliders" under tank stand?

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JoelA7

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Hi,

Has anyone ever used these?

http://www.magicsliders.com/

I don't mean to just slide an empty tank on a stand into place after doing the plumbing. I mean leaving them underneath supporting the weight. If so, how long did they last before disintegrating?

Thanks!
 
Its plastic.. you will be long gone before it starts disintegrating but it might crack from too much weight. :)
The big ones are rated for 3200lbs..
 
Yes. My concern exactly. Crack once, then again, then the plastic loses its integrity and won't support the weight. If this happened uniformly who cares, the stand sinks all together. HAH! NOT in a million years. One will fail and then the tank will be imbalanced. But if the failure is in 15-20 years, it won't matter, the tank will have been broken down and moved by then and I'll throw them out.

I'm thinking 10 of the 15/16" x 4" units on a 4 x 2 stand. 2 in "L" shape at each corner and an extra on the midpoints of the long sides under the middle supports.
 
I had actually thought about these also, seeing as though I am in the building phase of my tank..and I won't have any plumbing going through the floor( I think my land lord would be upset with that). but I thought about the to help distribute the weight. I think I have made a pretty decent stand though so may not be needed
 
Ah the reason. I live in a condo. Tank will be in a corner. Exceedingly difficult to place. And once placed how the hell to remove sliders or shim? Very tricky.
 
Saltydrip said:
Why not an industrial grade caster? My toolbox is well over a ton and it roles like it weighs 100lbs tops.
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While it could work, you lose the ability to spread the tank weight over more of the floor. Unless you use a bunch of them.....
 
Saltydrip said:
Why not an industrial grade caster? My toolbox is well over a ton and it roles like it weighs 100lbs tops.
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Wouldn't understand that either. You really don't want to move a tank that has water in it. The shifting of water in the tank can create way to much stress on the tank, stress a tank isn't made to deal with
 
Used them to move my 60g cube on an extremely heave stand. Used a pry bar to gently lift the stand corners and placed one large slider (5" diameter +/-) and have easily slid the tank accross a 30' distance on a tile floor. The smaller ones don't side over even minor floor imperfections like grout lines. Left them there. Mine have a stiff hard foam pad in the center.
 
I had the big plastic ones for carpet with the foam pads on top for my 29g biocube, they worked. I was able to slide it around with not too much trouble
 
I put them under my stand 7 months ago. Mine have a high density (hard) foam disk permanently attached inside an approx 4" plastic "disc". Also came with a fabric cover for floor protection. I have moved this setup (approx. 900#) without these and they are well worth the bank.
 
Weight on the floor of most buildings isn't an issue. Remember the old style steel stands? So a 150 had 6 points of contact. Same w 220. No problems. This concern is more that with time one or more might lose integrity and fail. Causing who know what.
 
I inquired of Magic Sliders:

"Please tell me how long magic sliders last if they are left underneath a piece of heavy furniture. To give you a sense of the specifics, would 37.5 square inches of magic sliders, reasonably distributed, could support 2,500 lbs for 10 years or more without cracking and disintegrating? I would be using 10 of the 5/16 x 4" units, 2 on each corner in an "L" shape and 1 on each "long" side of an aquarium. So you can see a failure of one would be a real problem, impossible to replace, and potentially cause a leak due to imbalanced support.

And received a response:

"While we think our product would work, because there are many variables that can impact performance, we are not comfortable making any claims for your situation."

Probably ran it by legal first. Maybe I should have said a commercial refrigerator.
 
JoelA7 said:
I inquired of Magic Sliders:

"Please tell me how long magic sliders last if they are left underneath a piece of heavy furniture. To give you a sense of the specifics, would 37.5 square inches of magic sliders, reasonably distributed, could support 2,500 lbs for 10 years or more without cracking and disintegrating? I would be using 10 of the 5/16 x 4" units, 2 on each corner in an "L" shape and 1 on each "long" side of an aquarium. So you can see a failure of one would be a real problem, impossible to replace, and potentially cause a leak due to imbalanced support.

And received a response:

"While we think our product would work, because there are many variables that can impact performance, we are not comfortable making any claims for your situation."

Probably ran it by legal first. Maybe I should have said a commercial refrigerator.
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time wont effect how they break down. they are plastic, either they support the weight or not, sitting under the weight for 10 years wont matter, they dont get more brittle or disintegrate over time.
 
A tank placed so close to the wall that you cannot get your hand behind it is a poorly placed tank. You have to shim it in place.

I had a show size male flame wrasse jump out of a tank once when I opened the lid for service. Watched him lay on the floor and die in the .5" gap behind the tank just about 5" out of my reach... what a waste.
 
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