55gal stand for 75 gal tank??????

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pjrichar

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will a 55 gal metal stand that holds two tanks,,one up,, one down,, hold a 75 gal on the top??????
i plan on putting 3/4 shelving material on the top to extend the base for the 75.. but does anyone know if the 55 stand would hold the weight with ease...?????????

its a store bought newer stand pretty sturdy ....
 
I would be more concern about having the tank hang (even with the 3/4 shelve material) in the front and back of the stand. I know it's only a few inches but we are not dealing with 10 and 20 gallons tank there.
 
DiscusOnly said:
I would be more concern about having the tank hang (even with the 3/4 shelve material) in the front and back of the stand. I know it's only a few inches but we are not dealing with 10 and 20 gallons tank there.
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:iagree:Get a stand that fits the tank. That's a lot of water to have to mop up should you have a failure.
 
+1 agreement here. This is really no place to take shortcuts when dealing with 700+ pounds of water, glass livestock etc. The tank is your "house". Put it on a solid foundation.
Andy
 
Agreed, the most important thing with a tank stand is to have all four corners supported.
A 75 ona 55 stand would hang over the back and two corners would not be supported thus causing critical failure at some point, guaranteed.
 
Can we see a pic of it...most ones I have seen, I would not choose to do so.
 
here is a pic of my 55 on stand now,,, and i have a pic of my 29 gal with shelving under on a 20 gal stand. for the 29 there is extra inch or so in front and back and 2 inch or so shelf overhang on each end...tanks sit perfectly level have 100% contact all way around,,, i just thought that a two tank stand could hold the weight of one 75 gal... ????

thanks for comments

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My issues isn't the total weight on the stand. It's the way weight is being distributed. Is it going to cause a problem 6 months down the road? I don't know but wouldn't want to find out. Standard glass tank are designed so that weight sits on the edge of the 4 sides. I want to have support directly beneath each of the sides, even if its done with 1x3 like I see with the pine stand.
 
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