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NMreefer

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Hello all,


Getting ready to test my new stand, just wanted to know if I should put styrofoam under the tank. If so, how thick? It's a 70gallon RR 36" x 24".

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Phillip
 
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Its glass?

Or is it acrylic?

Because there is a difference
 
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I guess I should of said what to do with each.... :D

A glass tank that has a frame around it so that the bottom glass is not sitting directly on the stand does not need anything under it except for a flat level surface.

An acrylic tank however needs to have styrafoam or something like that under it to even out any pinpoints of pressure.
 

NMreefer

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It's glass. Just wondering in case there are a few small inconsistancies in my wood work.

Thanks,
Phillip
 
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If you lift up the tank and look at the bottom, its raised up from the edge of the frame a bit, right?

If so you don't need anything, however, mine is a glass one and I put a thin black foam I found at Home depot under it, more for my peace of mind than anything else. Everyone told me it did not need anything.

As far as warranties on the tank go, you should be able to find the tank Manufacturer's website pretty easy, they should have instructions posted for their own tanks.

Hope that helps a bit
 

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Yeah, it's lifted a bit. What I mean is that some spots on the trim are not touching the stand. It's a very small gap. Maybe a 1/16 or 1/32. Just enough to see light under. I don't know what I did wrong, but I don't want to scrap the whole project.

Phillip
 
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Well, I think the foam I bought was like 7.99 at Home Depot

Its only 1/8 inch thick and after I placed the tank I cut around it so you couldn't even tell it was there

But when I redid the tank last year I threw the foam away
 
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The instructions to my new glass tank said that you must put a 3/4" thick piece of styrofoam under the entire tank or the warranty is void. So that's what I did.

Louey
 
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Louey":3s83r23d said:
The instructions to my new glass tank said that you must put a 3/4" thick piece of styrofoam under the entire tank or the warranty is void. So that's what I did.

Louey


That's why I said to follow the instructions on the manufacturers website
:D
 

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