120L tank stand

McGrath5

I recently acquired a 120L tank.
I am having a bit of difficulty finding an appropiate stand for the tank. I have looked through adverts and donedeal, both do not seem to have any stands at all for sale.
Can anybody point me in the right direction where I might be able to get a decent stand? I would even be open to the idea of using a chest of drawers for it, although with the weight requirments I would not be sure which one to get.
Thanks in advance.

kylith

I have a tank around the same size, I use a coffee table with a plywood top cut to size. I too was unsure it'd take the weight but I worked out that it'd need to support about 140kg, so OH and I spent an evening sitting on it to make sure it was sturdy, and it hasn't collapsed yet!

Degsy

kylith wrote: »

I have a tank around the same size, I use a coffee table with a plywood top cut to size. I too was unsure it'd take the weight but I worked out that it'd need to support about 140kg, so OH and I spent an evening sitting on it to make sure it was sturdy, and it hasn't collapsed yet!

Agree.

You can make your own very easily too.

I used an "expedit" unit from ikea and screwed a thick piece of ply to the top of it so that there was no overhang from the tank.



I then put some rubber foam matting over the ply to cushion teh glass and bbs yer uncle.

One year on and its still going strong.

Hatgirl

Degsy wrote: »

I then put some rubber foam matting over the ply to cushion teh glass and bbs yer uncle.

Yup, some sort of squishy base is very important for a tank that size. With that weight of water pressing down, even a grain of sand caught between the glass base and the stand can crack the glass. I have a big sheet of Styrofoam between my tank and stand.

godtabh

You can buy a stand separably from most fish shops