g_langley
New member
Dear all,
Having just completed a (sort of) DIY project on a tank, I'm a bit paranoid about it going through the floor or the stand collapsing(paranoia runs in the family).
I have my tank placed across three joists on a wooden floor. I've checked the condition of the floor and it's OK as far as I can tell. My tank is 34" wide, 30" tall and 24" front to back and I estimate would weigh about 1/3" of a ton.
It's a sort of DIY project in as much as I had the tank and stand specially made (professionally) and then drilled the stand (tank already drilled) and did all the plumbing to the sump and return myself.
I'm wondering how to keep the weight of the filled tank as "light" as possible. I wanted a tallish tank so I could have a back wall of live rock. Does anyone have a solution on displacing about 25% of the water content to keep the weight down? If I'm not wrong, high quality or "ultra" grade rock is lighter than the equivalent volume of saltwater so that's a start. I am considering a large diameter sealed pipe framework for the reef wall to add to the displacement, has anyone done this already? Am I insane?
Please stop me from going back to a 24" freshwater setup!
Regards...
Having just completed a (sort of) DIY project on a tank, I'm a bit paranoid about it going through the floor or the stand collapsing(paranoia runs in the family).
I have my tank placed across three joists on a wooden floor. I've checked the condition of the floor and it's OK as far as I can tell. My tank is 34" wide, 30" tall and 24" front to back and I estimate would weigh about 1/3" of a ton.
It's a sort of DIY project in as much as I had the tank and stand specially made (professionally) and then drilled the stand (tank already drilled) and did all the plumbing to the sump and return myself.
I'm wondering how to keep the weight of the filled tank as "light" as possible. I wanted a tallish tank so I could have a back wall of live rock. Does anyone have a solution on displacing about 25% of the water content to keep the weight down? If I'm not wrong, high quality or "ultra" grade rock is lighter than the equivalent volume of saltwater so that's a start. I am considering a large diameter sealed pipe framework for the reef wall to add to the displacement, has anyone done this already? Am I insane?
Please stop me from going back to a 24" freshwater setup!
Regards...