Tanks On Household Furniture

[fish.com1]

Hi everyone,

i was wondering if a normal piece of furniture would be able to support a 20 litre aquarium. The furniture is made from pine and the place where the aquarium would go has 4 draws underneath it - don't know if this makes any difference! do

also would 2 otos and 1 male betta be ok (space wise) in a 20 litre.

thanks

 

[shelaghfishface]

try somehing of approx the same weight on it ( or sit on it and wiggle ).. u`ll soon find out

shelagh xxx

 

[england]

lmfao

 

[VictorMeldrew]

Should be ok, if it feels solid enough, if not build your own, i have had one made for me, check out my marine journal

 

[shelaghfishface]

come on then clever bugger, how do u do it??

 

[VictorMeldrew]

try somehing of approx the same weight on it ( or sit on it and wiggle ).. u`ll soon find out

shelagh xxx

The same weight, how light are you shelagh, its only 20gl

 

[england]

get a seed
grow a tree,WIAT 70 YEARS
cut it down
sand it
cut it
and so on

 

[shelaghfishface]

nothing lightweight about me

well if it holds a person ( which you would hope for) then the tank will be fine




EDITED to lmao @nelly

 

[tyyrlym]

20 liters will only be about 50 pounds. If it'll hold a decent sized TV it should hold a tank.

 

[shelaghfishface]

and how many blokes are going to try their precious tv`s on a suspect bit of furniture ... get a few bricks ( on top of a towel of course)

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

A 20 L. tank at 50 lbs. should be fine (10 gallons is the maximum size tank that should be placed on regular sturdy furniture). The only caution that I would make with the drawers is...if you allow enough water to spill into the drawer areas , over time some warping could occur making it more difficult to open and close them.

Individual personalities of Bettas do vary...so keep an eye on how it reacts to the otos. Although oto's would be prefer to be in a larger group, it's a possibly that a 5 gallon isn't produce enough food for even two of them so be prepared to do some diet supplementation. (Or get some clean rocks in a clean bucket with dechlorinated water and plastic over the top and place in the sun for your own algae farm! ~_^ )

 

[gaz gun man]

( or sit on it and wiggle ).. u`ll soon find out

shelagh xxx

I dont get it, can you repeat that, step by step, with pictures please

 

[VictorMeldrew]

( or sit on it and wiggle ).. u`ll soon find out

shelagh xxx

I dont get it, can you repeat that, step by step, with pictures please

 

[shelaghfishface]

well when you cut and paste it like that.... anyway Mr Gun Man, we don`t all have dirty minds

 

[gaz gun man]

I was coming from an educational point of view, afterall, we want the OP to make sure the cabinet in question is strong enough!