[jonboy8465]

Hi all. I have acquired 3 4ft x 1ft x 1ft tanks and I want to build a 3 tier stand for them in my fish room. My question is if I bolt 2 2x4`s together for the back and the same for the front ,and fix these to 4x2 uprights at the ends with a brace under them from front to back, will this be enough to support the full length of the tank? I don't want to have intermediate supports obscuring the lower 2 tanks. many thanks.

 

[jonboy8465]

Basically I will have 2x4 legs, 2 pairs of 2x4 bolted together 1 front 1 back as bearers for the tanks to sit on, these bearer's will sit on 2x4 bolted to the legs front and back. I have a nice brick wall to bolt it all to and was considering building it so it leans into the wall to help out.

 

[jonboy8465]

Thanks for the replies. all joint will be stuck with a waterproof adhesive and bolted. the ends can have a packing piece to support the tank ends, that will use up any off cuts. the stand wont be built and then positioned in the tank room ,it will be built in situ and i was just thinking of having the bottom front legs further to the front than the top of the front legs, if that makes sense? I just thought if the bottom front was further out it would take some of the weight off the bolts holding it to the wall. All the shelves will be leveled in by laser, as it looks really naff if you can see the water level on one end of the tank but not the other.

 

[jonboy8465]

The idea is for it to look like a book case one tank on top of the other. it will basically be free standing but bolted to the wall for security. I think I will be using the 2 2x4s bolted together method as the 2x6 means the height will need to be more to allow access to the tanks. many thanks to you all for your help.