What kind of foam

[GiantBen]

What kind of foam do you guys put under your acrylic tanks?
Where do you get it? Thanks in advance.

 

[northbay-reefer]

I think a nice 1/8 thick sheet of cork or anything like that will do the job. I never used anything under my acrylic or glass tank and they are fine.

 

[shaneh]

I put it under my stand not under the tank to let the whole thing compress a bit. I use a level to check the floor. Use shims if you need.

 

[GiantBen]

I've got furniture gliders with felt pads underneath. It is level in my garage right now. If I have to shim it inside the house, I'll put dowel corss sections between the gliders and the stand, but I am hoping I won't need to do it. I'm mainly wanting to protect the acrylic from any ripples in the wood top of the stand.

 

[Grant W]

Ben the foam they use under floating floors should do the trick and will crush easily to fill your voids if there are any. Plus its available everwhere HD, etc

 

[GiantBen]

This the stuff?
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

This is about 3x as much as I need. Hopefully I can buy a smaller amount.

 

[Grant W]

No Ben, the type that is used under the wood floors

 

[GiantBen]

So....one of these:
http://www.homedepot.com/undefined-...ation?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

 

[Grant W]

You should talk to Bob he just bought a roll for his tank and had a ton leftover.

 

[GiantBen]

Good call, I'll do that. Thanks Grant. Ohhh Booooob