Who has their tank on hardwood floors and ..

[suasponte2/75]

I actually had my 60 Gallon stand on some heavy duty furniture movers that I found at lowes. The triangle ones that are rated up to 3,000 lbs and strategically placed them (6 total) at the base/corners. Whenever I spill, I just simply move it out of the way and wipe it up. It has held up for over 5 years without any problems. I currently use it on my 180G (12 total). Although, it's takes a lot more muscle and grunting to budge it but it moves. It's been working great for me over the past month as I've been moving it back and forth to fix leaks and such on my closed up and wiring. This is of course with livestock and water.

HTHs,

Minh

 

[patteto]

As I have my tank on hard wood floors I will this piece of advice. Head to HD or Lowes and pick up some 4'x6' resturant/store rubber backed carpets. At HD it is the Apache Mills 4 Ft. x 6 Ft. Black Heavy Duty Vinyl Entrance Mat. I have three around my tank (note: I live alone so no one to comment on them in the den). Place them around the tank when you plan to work on the tank. They will hold the water that comes out of the tank during water changed or frag placements etc. They will help prevent the drips.
As for the tank leaking, well I will just have to deal with that when the time comes.

 

[clkwrk]

Beacareful rubber matts on real wood will discolor the wood just like rubber matts on top of vynil will.

 

[JoeyK@OCMD]

UEL,
My solution to saving time and my floors was to plumb a line from my tank to the main waste line of the house. I turn a ball valve to drain the tank of any amount of old water. My sump, refugium, pump, etc. is stored in a tempered room on the exterior of the house, new water simply gets pumped back in to replace the old. all the pipes actually run under the floor in the crawl space. I live in an area near the water like you, so you should be famaliar with crawls. The best part of all this is eliminating the noise of all mechanicals

 

[Uel]

Joey that sounds awesome. email me some pictures if you can at ukemp@bellsouth.net.
Thanks for everyone's comments.
The subfloor is particle board . The water totally ruined it. So none of the floor can be salvaged, because we can't match the wood. The good news is I'm getting a whole new floor and the bad news is I'm getting a whole new floor. We were hoping to be able to repair it and have some serious insurance money left over, but no such luck. I went with a prefinished 3/4" real wood floor. I'm going to find the low spot around the tank after it is installed and put in a drain. I'm going to line the cabinet with pond liner in case of a sump or pump leak. I'll seal around the floor at the base of the stand. I may even put some kind of tray between the back base and the wall to catch any water that might get down there. Still lots of planning. I'll start a thread to keep you posted on my progress.
My wife would like for me to put the tank on some kind of roller system, does anyone have any good ideas on that? I've heard of pallet jacks and furniture movers. My big concern is torquing the glass and having a real leak/explosion

 

[annetate]

use marine stain and sealer like they use on boats. a carpenter was going to build my stand suggested it to me. i haven't tried it but it is an option to look into