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Is it best to have a steel stand directly on hardwood, or to put a 3/4" plywood base? The steel stand has no feet btw, it will be sitting flat all the way around.
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Slight update, I talked to a structural engineer and he was telling me my floor can hold up to 3000lbs, if I just glue/screw in some 12"x12" beam material along the joists closest to the load bearing wall to help distrubute the load. The tank would be going over 4 joists for sure, almost 5, but if I moved it over the 5th it would not be center in my living room:( Any thoughts? What type of glue would I use? Not sure why the pics turned when uploaded on here, but you'll have to turn your head to the left to get the right point of view.
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Can't you just run a 2x8 across the beams, and support with a couple teleposts? Something like this: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Tiger-Brand-Super-S-Series-8-ft-4-in-Jack-Post-J-S-100/100022783
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I live in a house that's a few years old, I am debating on putting in a larger tank that would be going across perpendicular to the support beams against a load bearing center wall. Would you suggest extra support for the joists in the basement? Also, the tank would be sitting on hardwood, so would I just need a piece of 1" piece of foam or plywood under the stand for protection/leveling purposes?
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Why is the stand so short? And personally I would have used sand for substrate. Other than that, it looks neat.
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Have the fish arrived???????
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Any update? What is on the list available for order???
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Yeah, I noticed as well. What a shame.
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Yeah, I'm hoping to find a good deal on Boxing day. Most local stores are pretty limited, and if they do have it, they are overpriced especially for Eheim.
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Yep, I have browsed through all the stores in Edmonton and Calgary. Very slim on good livestock, it's quite sad actually.
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Need Help With African Cichlid Tank Hardscaping
gqsmooth replied to t3ch's topic in African Cichlids
I wouldn't use round rocks.. -
Where do you guys buy them? Locally? Online? Thanks