Stand?

[juggernaut303]

For christmas my dads getting me either a 110 or a 120 fish tank.But the stand it self is 200 extra dollars. Could i just have it on the floor is it okay there or no. I no it would look better on a stand but my dad said if we would get a stand smaller like a 55 so whats your opinoin.

 

[Mahamotorworks]

I would be worried to have a tank on the floor. You could accidently kick it, Other animals might get into it. You could toss stuff in there that might hurt the fish. If you have the know how build one! I built my stand and canopy for around $100.00 For both! There are links in my sig to them.


MAHA

 

[hyunelan2]

Filtration could be an issue with setting the tank on the floor. Many canister filters rely on the sipon effect to feed them. With the filter sitting pretty-much level to the tank, you may have some problems getting things to circulate properly. i would say get a smaller tank and do it right, over doing a half-hearted job on a large tank.

Edit: also, running a gravel vac is difficult. When we were moving from our apartment to our house, i had my 25g on the floor for a couple weeks. It was super-dificult to get good suction going with a gravel-vac.

 

[juggernaut303]

I looked at your stand blueprints and was talking to my dad about it. He didnt really have an answer. So i dont really no i was just curiose if it was okay to.

 

[exhumed07]

I'm in the prosses of building a stand for a 55 gallon materials onlt cost me 80 bucks and it's going to be solid oak. I have a bit of experiance in wood work so it aint that hard for me. I would just go that route instead of buying an overpriced stand from ur LFS. Happy hunting and good luck on whatever u choose.

 

[GIS Guy]

For christmas my dads getting me either a 110 or a 120 fish tank.But the stand it self is 200 extra dollars. Could i just have it on the floor is it okay there or no. I no it would look better on a stand but my dad said if we would get a stand smaller like a 55 so whats your opinoin.

So he is saying that he'll get you a 120g w/o stand

or

He will get you a 55g w/ stand

??

 

[usacutie81]

yeah, cuz you don't want to put a 110 or 120 gal on a 55 gal stand, there's no way it would support it.

 

[saltwater4life]

i would go with a little smaller tank so you could get a stand with it for the same price as the 120 or get the 120 and make a 100-120 dollar strong stand and yea there will be problems running it on the floor. and there is no way you could use a 55g stand which is meant to hold a 55g tank on a 120 which is over double the weight

 

[juggernaut303]

i would go with a little smaller tank so you could get a stand with it for the same price as the 120 or get the 120 and make a 100-120 dollar strong stand and yea there will be problems running it on the floor. and there is no way you could use a 55g stand which is meant to hold a 55g tank on a 120 which is over double the weight

No it was a 120 with out stand.Or a 55gal with a 55gal stand not 120 ona 55 stand.

 

[saltwater4life]

Oh! that makes sence
If i was you i'd get the 120 and build a stand but thats because i like DIYing stuff

 

[juggernaut303]

I dont want to make the stand high just high enough for my to sit in a chair and look in.One more thing what should i do fresh water or salt. Fresh i no lots about and is easyer.Salt i really dont no much read some threads.but the fish are just beatiful and i would like a snowflake eel but i dont no thks pat.

 

[Truckmuddr]

If your worried about money for a stand, You don't even wanna think about doing a saltwater tank.

 

[tropicalfish]

DIY is the way to go!!

 

[juggernaut303]

I am not worried about money but its nice to save some money instead of buying a $300 stand instead i can build one for $120-$140.