Question of the Day

[pulpfiction1]

Syrofoam under a tank? yes ? no? polystyrene as opposed to styro?

wow more than just a single qusetion

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

i have the thin sheet. under mine.  of syrofoam

 

[unibob]

Plastic trim on bottom of glass tank-no

No plastic trim glass tank- yes

Acrylic tanks- yes


From what I understand

 

[TORX]

And either way, if you are going BB, then paint the bottom black. Worked wonders on the look of my frag tank.

 

[theyangman]

No Styro here. I have my tank right on my stand. Shimmed the stand to make it 100% level.

I have the plastic trim on my tank for reference to what Glen was saying.

 

[Poseidon]

I have styro, I find it helps to level it if it's a tiny bit off.

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

ii was told by miracles if yu have rimless to use styro

 

[pulpfiction1]

ii was told by miracles if yu have rimless to use styro

i called derek today (miracles owner) and he said all his tanks should have styro and plywood under then then sent me this link

http://www.miraclesaquariums.com/Miracles_Warranty.pdf

 

[AdInfinitum]

Under larger tanks I use an inch of the relatively soft pressboard.  I figure that relative to the weight of a large tank it serves the same purpose as a layer of polystyrene under a smaller tank. 

Under acrylic I have melamine coated mdf.  A very flat rigid surface to fully support the acrylic.  The stand for my 200gal acrylic was made by clarity plus who made the tank and that is their recommendation.  The stand that I got with the 280gal acrylic was made by Tenecor and it has a sheet of acrylic that the tank sits on.

 

[pulpfiction1]

gonna setup a larger tank and will use plywood and a sheet of polystyrene or styro on a tube stand,
this tank i did as jerry suggests and it did split a seam as some might recall and
not to sugggest jerry advised me on that tank,i was under the same impression is what i was meaning

http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=903.msg5638#msg5638

thanks for the input

 

[unibob]

gonna setup a larger tank and will use plywood and a sheet of polystyrene or styro on a tube stand,
this tank i did as jerry suggests and it did split a seam as some might recall and
not to sugggest jerry advised me on that tank,i was under the same impression is what i was meaning

http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=903.msg5638#msg5638

thanks for the input

Only going by what I read and I recently looked up because when I tore down torx's old frag tank to put Darryl v's old frag tank it's place I was going from acrylic to glass, and wanted to make sure new stand was correct.

 

[pulpfiction1]

yup,just didnt want any mis understanding,i too read that a few years back and assumed all would work,maybe i just had an unlucky break at the time but i will take no chances on this tank

 

[Jewel]

Nope, Nothing, sits on 3/4 Maple, part of the surround, compresses under the weight of the tank.

 

[Poseidon]

gonna setup a larger tank and will use plywood and a sheet of polystyrene or styro on a tube stand,
this tank i did as jerry suggests and it did split a seam as some might recall and
not to sugggest jerry advised me on that tank,i was under the same impression is what i was meaning

http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=903.msg5638#msg5638

thanks for the input

how big ya going /???

 

[pulpfiction1]

Twice what I have now

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