cinder block stand questions??????

[staticx]

so after long debate im going with the ghetto stand>>>
i have a 90 long tank and was wondering how to go about the placement of the stand. as far as the cinder blocks go should i do one solid front and ant the ends and at the middle or??
any input would be great

[Letmegrow]

You need level support around the entire parameter of the tank.

Are ytou going to use a wood top for the cinder blocks or just set the tank on them ?

[staticx]

i was going to use a wood top and then go with cinder blocks in the middle and the ends

[Keelay]

Try this thread, a few months back a guy hashed out a cinderblock stand with lots of input.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=926508&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

[lllosingit]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8531125#post8531125 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Letmegrow
You need level support around the entire parameter of the tank.

Are ytou going to use a wood top for the cinder blocks or just set the tank on them ?
Don't look at an AGA stand then LOL, I have a 120gallon 48x24x24 that is supported on three side completely but it only sits on a 1 1/4" wide board on the front center and nothing else.
so I have two 23 inch portions of the trim not supported at all.

[douggiestyle]

boy thats all so complicated in that link

had my 55 sitting on four blocks two on the left an two on the right. took a nice piece of curtain material and wraped it around the blocks.
did you buy the blocks at home depot?

[douggiestyle]

you certainly have a lot of threads for this stand

[BrokeColoReefer]

my god, another thread on the same thing. Your not going to get a different answer here. Your asking for trouble. You are going to spend alot of money on filling that tank up. Take the small fraction of the livestock cost and build a correct top for those cinderblocks. OR, keep them like the photo was in the other thread and forget running a sump.
We are trying to help you. You should listen to the advice givin in the three threads about this.
JEEZ. No wonder homedepot gave up.

[lllosingit]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8537538#post8537538 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by douggiestyle
you certainly have a lot of threads for this stand
Yes but THIS ONE IS THE BEST (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=971370)

[Alphabet]

cinder blocks on either end to support the weight and a 3/4" sheet of plywood to distribute the weight. I had an 80g tall set up that way before I sold it.

[BrokeColoReefer]

^^^^^^^

there is the advice your looking for!!
WHooo HOOOOO
Now these threads can go away.

No offense Alphabet, I would say on a three foot span that cinderblocks can support the weight well enough, he has a 100 gallon long. We never got the dimensions so we dont know, but im guessing its 5' and thats way to far for 3/4" ply to distribute.

[douggiestyle]

its supported by the glass. similar to a suspension bridge.

[staticx]

ok im done trying to take down all the threads sorry

[BrokeColoReefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8538227#post8538227 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by douggiestyle
its supported by the glass. similar to a suspension bridge.

Putting lots of stress on the bottem seam where all the water pressure is?

[badpacket]

Don't worry, he bought the glass at HD, sooo..... :)