Tank From Hell!

[Quartapound]

My 45g cube has fairly thick trim all around the bottom, even if I had a board under it only the outer edges would touch, the bottom glass would be about 1cm above the plywood.


I don't want to open another can of worms unnecessarily...

I noted in the picture of the tank from your other thread, that the foot on the back corner of the stand seems to be very close to the hole in your floor for your cold air return. From the shape of the tank, one would assume that it'll carry close to 1/3rd of the weight of the tank, over a ~1" square, very close to an opening in the floor.

Is this cause for concern? Don't want to cause worries where there are none, maybe someone with more experience can chime in, just want to help avoid any disasters if I can... I circled what I'm talking about. If people don't thing it's anything to worry about feel free to shush me

 

[Deptron]

Usually those vent holes are cut from one floor joist to the next, possibly even the the following joist. So there "should" be a joist right there, but would be a good idea to check.

 

[jeffopentax]

Usually those vent holes are cut from one floor joist to the next, possibly even the the following joist. So there "should" be a joist right there, but would be a good idea to check.

I was in the middle of typing that explanation! You beat me to it!


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[jeffopentax]

My 45g cube has fairly thick trim all around the bottom, even if I had a board under it only the outer edges would touch, the bottom glass would be about 1cm above the plywood.


I don't want to open another can of worms unnecessarily...

I noted in the picture of the tank from your other thread, that the foot on the back corner of the stand seems to be very close to the hole in your floor for your cold air return. From the shape of the tank, one would assume that it'll carry close to 1/3rd of the weight of the tank, over a ~1" square, very close to an opening in the floor.

Is this cause for concern? Don't want to cause worries where there are none, maybe someone with more experience can chime in, just want to help avoid any disasters if I can... I circled what I'm talking about. If people don't thing it's anything to worry about feel free to shush me

The trim on mine is purely aesthetic ( though it looks like [emoji90]) so it doesn't really raise the tank. Perhaps plywood/foam would be wise to be on safe side. Thank you for pointing out the potential leg issue!


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[Poseidon]

did you have your cold air return covered the whole time you had your last tank??? :/

 

[jeffopentax]

did you have your cold air return covered the whole time you had your last tank??? :/

Admittedly, about 1/3 of it was covered.


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[jeffopentax]

Found this calculator online. Anyone see a reason why these numbers/calculations don't work in my situation?

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[jeffopentax]

As much as a pita it will be to put plywood and foam underneath the tank, I'd rather be safe than sorry. 3/4" ply with 1/2" foam oughta do it, correct?


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[Luke.]

Are you patchig that area in ?

 

[jeffopentax]

Are you patchig that area in ?

Not sure what you're asking. Going to remove tank, lay down plywood, then foam, on stand (same size as stand/tank), then put tank on top. Will probably cut another piece of ply and put between floor/stand as well.


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[Luke.]

If I were you I'd cut a 3/4" ply to match your stand shape and just give it a wee over hang over that vent you'll be fine, I've don't renos for a while , now and days cold air returns are much smaller , so you have t have an issue being a few inches over the vent

 

[jeffopentax]

Got my jebao 204u canister filter yesterday. 317gph for $114 to my door. Dead silent! It has a 9w uv built in, which I doubt is actually effective, but let's pretend it is. The uv has three settings - 3 hours on/3 hours off, 6 hours on/6 hours off, and on all the time. Question is, why would i want it to cycle on and off? No surprise the "manual" doesn't even give a hint!


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[jeffopentax]

So now I've got a problem keeping my wood down. DRIFTWOOD IN MY TANK! You're filthy, all of you. All i've heard/read is to weigh it down (would take A LOT to hold this piece down), and wait. Waiting is fine, but until it is waterlogged enough to drop at least 3" there is no way to use my light, which i have noticed seems to actually keep my water at a good stable temperature. Any ideas to solve this dilemma?

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[Neopimp]

soak it in a rubbermaid for a while

 

[cyberloach]

Put the piece in a bucket until it's waterlogged

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[jeffopentax]

soak it in a rubbermaid for a while

Do they make one 30"x30"x24"? Haha that's about how big it would need to be!


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[Shooter000]

Keep dunking it in really really really hot water, pour boiling water over it, it will open the pores of the wood and help with the waterlogging process, ALOT!!! Of hot water

 

[Shooter000]

Put it in the shower on full hot for a half hr

 

[TORX]

Zip ties and cd cases. Drill small holes in the cases, or acrylic, then zip tie to the roots. Hold it to the bottom and burry the plastic with rock and substraight. Other option is to boil it so it sucks the water in, but that would be one big pot

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[jeffopentax]

Takes a ridiculous amount of force to get it anywhere close to the bottom of the tank. Seems hot water is the key. About the only way i can do it is the shower. Damn you new tank!


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