Appropriate Tank Stand for a 64 Litre Tank?

[Linoshi]

I have recently purchased this tank:

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/love-fish-panorama-tank-64-litre-(in-store)
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/love-fish-panorama-tank-64-litre-(in-store)
However, the stands that come with the tank are extremely cheap looking and unsuitable for the space I would like the tank to be placed. I do have a solid wood table I was hoping to use but I'm unsure how to gage whether the table would be up to the job or not. It's a very generic style table such as this one....

http://www.linkphotobenin.com/wp-co...wood-top-for-six-wood-dining-table-modern.jpg

I have looked into actual aquarium stands but they always seem to have the same design which I really dislike and are always so low.
http://www.linkphotobenin.com/wp-co...wood-top-for-six-wood-dining-table-modern.jpg
Any help would be really appreciated.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Fish tank stands from most LFS do tend to be pretty much the same, I found this as well.

Your picture of the table does not look strong or sturdy enough to hold the weight of this tank, even though its aquite a small tank by most peoples standard.

This may help you, a general rule of thumb is for every litre of water is a kilo in weight, and you must remember substrate for your sized tank 6 - 8kg would be enough for 1 - 2 inches depth, plants and decor must be acounted as well not forgetting the actual weight of the tank, light and filter itself so your talking broadly around 75 - 95 kilo mark for total weight

If you can find a nice solid thick wood stand or cabinet, that would be your best bet if you do not want one of these standard LFS stands. I find having drawers or cuboards to hide these bits and pieces for the fish tank all in one area to be enormously useful. Fish foods, nets, decor, dechlorinator, cleaning equipment, extension plug, test kit etc

Of course you can have a stand cusomised for you by a carpenter or even metal stand. Though of course this does depend on your budget.

Am sure there are lots of potentail coffee tables, cabinets or even tv stands that will likely do just the job for you, likely cheap too as lot of second hand brown furniture do sell for low prices more often than not.

I have a three foot tank on a solid wood sideboard in my lounge, and underneath I added extra metal legs to support the mid section of the sideboard to stop any bowing happening. Its been like that for 2 - 3 years now and no problems at all, though have to make sure wipe off any water after waterchanges and suchlike to stop any unsightly watermarks or potential damage to the wood.

A few options for you to consider there anyway.

 

[Linoshi]

Would you suggest any particular style table or cabinet to look out for? There is quite a few second hand furniture shops around me but I'm not 100% what kind of thing would be most suitable.

 

[Toney]

I've got my big tank on a old coffee table. I was worried about it, but it withstood a 5.6 earthquake.

My other big tank in on cement blocks and 2x12s

 

[Ch4rlie]

Pretty much anything that has thick wood/legs and looks nice and strong/sturdy.

Here is my sideboard with my tank, empty tank at the time but I actually now have 2 tanks on that side board. Remember, i have added leg supports underneath in mid section (can't see them in pic), so that helps to stop sagging from under the weight of the tank/s.

Thats just to give you an idea.

 

[Linoshi]

Well, we've been out all day looking and no luck! An alternative would be another dresser we have but I'm not sure on that's suitability either...

It's this one...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E20X5TW/?tag=

 

[Ch4rlie]

That would probably be ok, just add some support legs under the drawer frame for peace of mind if you want to.

I used small metal cabinet legs from Ikea, simple adjustable legs by twisting clockwise until fairly tight but not so tight it affects the closing and opening of the drawers etc.

Something like this, they come in different sizes so this will give you the idea...

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/...nets/capita-leg-stainless-steel-art-30244346/


That is probably slightly over the top, over engineered, not strictly neccessary but I am one of those types of people who wants to be absolutely certain and leave very little to chance

 

[Linoshi]

We've just tried moving the cabinet...but now we are thinking it won't be suitable either. When the top is taken off It appears there is little supporting the top of the unit and there's quite a gap between the draws and the top.

My first tank is turning into a bit of a nightmare really and I've not even got any water in it yet!

 

[Toney]

A 2x4 stand doesn't look all that hard to build. There's a lot of youtube vedios on it. The lumber yard can cut the wood for you.

I haven't built one yet but I did do a canopy after youtube.