Tank on Wood Floor

[scouter]

I have a 72g Bow that i am moving onto a wood floor. Worried about the tank leaking onto the wood floor. Does anyone have any suggestion what what I could put under the stand in case of a leak. Typical wood 72g wood frame.

 

[Tajjo]

What kind of wood?

 

[spstimie]

Best bet would be laminate the inside of the stand. Next best would be to use shower pan liner. Its gray @ lowes/hd.

 

[Jerry Gonzales]

You could place some felt under the stand. I had one of my tanks on the hardwood for a long time with no problems. I didn't have anything under it at the time, but my floor had a thick amount of clear coat on it.

 

[denverhoss]

To protect a floor from leaking water, you can use the rubber shower liner from HD. They sell it from rolls, you pay per foot. Build a wood frame a couple inches bigger than the bottom of your stand and attach the liner to it. You can paint the wood and liner that's exposed so that it doesn't stand out so much. You can calculate the size of the liner and height of the frame to get a rough idea of capacity to hold water, but subtract some for the volume of your stand within that area. Hopefully leaks or splashes out of the tank will be small, and a water alarm placed inside the frame will scream at you when you forget to close a valve.