An aquarium stand question - newbie needs help.

[nikkilugi]

Hi. I am new to the board and I have to say I love reading posts on here. Everyone is so knowledgeable and nice

I have a 20 gallon tall aquarium that developed a leak. My husband doesn't want to go to the trouble of resealing it - he thinks I should just buy another tank. Well I was thinking if I get another 20 gallon I would rather have a long instead of a tall. My stand is 25'' long and is the kind that just supports the sides. I know a 20 long is 30'' across so I was wondering if I could attach a 31'' board across the top of the stand so I could get the longer tank. Would that hold the weight of the tank ok with the 2.5'' overhang on either side of the board?

Obviously I am not a carpenter or anything so when I say board I guess I would like ideas on how thick a board I would need to make it work.

Also I guess I should mention - you don't need to worry about our fish - we had just bought a 55g right before I noticed the leak so talk about fortitious because we had just moved our fish over earlier that day.

Thanks!

 

[Slappy*McFish]

3/4" plywood w/trimmed edges and corbels under the plywood ends for support would work.

 

[davidtcb1]

If it were me, I'd spend the extra money and get the correct stand if you can. It'll cut down on the risk factor of potential woes down the road.

 

[Rbishop]

I agree with Slappy, not a problem with a piece of 3/4" plywood...not even sure if I would add the corbels for the support to the overhanging edges.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

Yeah, but they'd sure dress it up, Bob.

 

[jm1212]

the wood sounds fine to me also. it will probably help support the bottom better than just a frame stand anyway.

 

[vampie]

Not sure how much this applies, but I have seen a number of stands which "overhangs".

An example: The Big Al's one.
http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsU...78572/cl0/bigalsstingraystand30x12redmahogany

 

[nikkilugi]

Thank you all so much. I told my husband what you recommended and he said he can do that for me no problem . Now I just need to wait patiently while he gets around to it, lol.

 

[bluekrissyspike]

If it were me, I'd spend the extra money and get the correct stand if you can. It'll cut down on the risk factor of potential woes down the road.

i agree with this. but then when hubby is gone to work i would fix the tank up myself, and have 2.