Most dimensional lumber used for construction is softwood - spruce, pine, doug. fir. Do you know what kind of wood specifically you have?
Building a three tier tank stand.
- Thread starter krytan
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300# per shelf..
evenly distributed of corse.. I have no idea what my floor is rated though!!
The thing to remember is that the 8 lbs per gallon is just the water itself. By the time you factor in the weight of the tank, the gravel, decorations and even the fish (yes, they have weight too) you're probably closer to 10-12 lbs per gallon. I work with the 12 lbs per gallon number myself just to stay on the safe side.
How do you rate how much weight the floor can handle? Is there a test? Or just trial and error? T_T
2x4's will be fine
The one question I have to ask is, are you down with climbing on a ladder everytime you have to go into the top tank? You're looking at 72+" for final height. If you've got the space and don't mind needing a ladder, that design looks pretty good.
The one question I have to ask is, are you down with climbing on a ladder everytime you have to go into the top tank? You're looking at 72+" for final height. If you've got the space and don't mind needing a ladder, that design looks pretty good.
Climbing a ladder isn't a problem, i have to do that everytime i clean my 180g anyway.
Well i've been itching to get on with this project and post some pic's of how it's been going. Unfortunately i have been doing long hours at work recently so haven't got very far with it, all i have done up till now is cut the wood and sanded it down.
The plan has changed from the original idea i posted, the 32g will now be on the top shelf so i will have a cupboard at the bottom to house the filters for the 35g and the 32g the 20g will have internal filters.
I have included this pic of the wood i've cut because i wanted to show you all that this project is moving forward even if it has been slow progress so far.
Well even though i spent saturday at my kids christmas bazaar i found the time to get a bit done to my tank stand.
So far i have put the shelves together and the bottom pair of legs.
So far i have put the shelves together and the bottom pair of legs.
We'll if you decide that you don't want to use it as a tank stand, you could always use it to prop up your vehicle when working on it. That stand is gonna be pretty bulletproof IMHO.
