20G High Iron Stand

[squish fish]

Any good places to find a 20G iron stand. The ones I have seen have bad reviews.

 

[Back in the fold]

Walmart has an adequate one reasonably priced . It fits together without tools or fasteners . They’re about 40 bucks . The plywood is my doing . I like the extra insulation under the aquarium .

 

[Colin_T]

Try a mechanic, engineering workshop or find a friend who has a welder. Most people with welders and angle grinders love playing Bob the builder and making things.

 

[Archerfish]

Here you go: https://natureaquariums.com/product...black-1ea30-in-x-12-in?variant=47596680478944

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I'm leery of iron aquarium stands, as I've had a couple that were alarmingly wobbly. It's a simple question of design and geometry. Looking at the one Archerfish shared, I wouldn't use it because all the joints are right angles and probably held together with a single nut-bolt (or worse, a single screw). Those joints are probably going to wobble if any lateral pressure is applied, and my dog is far too clumsy to assume it won't.

If I had someone make me one (and I might some day), it would have 45 degree, triangular braces at all the corners for stability.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

When it comes to leveling stands, shims are your friend. They go under the legs or other contact with the floor and not under the tank itself.

 

[Back in the fold]

I'm leery of iron aquarium stands, as I've had a couple that were alarmingly wobbly. It's a simple question of design and geometry. Looking at the one Archerfish shared, I wouldn't use it because all the joints are right angles and probably held together with a single nut-bolt (or worse, a single screw). Those joints are probably going to wobble if any lateral pressure is applied, and my dog is far too clumsy to assume it won't.

If I had someone make me one (and I might some day), it would have 45 degree, triangular braces at all the corners for stability.

I hear that Man . Big aquariums , any aquarium , are heavy and sometimes just sitting there they can be slowly getting ready to fall . Might take years but with a sub-par stand it will eventually happen .