![]() ![]() You don’t honesty believe that their warranty covers that damage do you? It doesn’t.Īnd yes they will tell you it’s normal, because it probably is for their stands, being ‘normal’ does not make it safe. Lol what? Warranty for what? Your stand? The price of your stand will be meaningless when you’re staring at thousands of dollars worth of water damage. Unless you like apocalyptic Kevin Costner movies. Square means all the sides are equal, and it is critical to get it right with bigger tanks. Level just means things aren't going to roll off it, and means nothing to our discussion here. ![]() Glass gets cut pretty straight, wood grows how it wants to grow, so it is much easier to get a 2x4 that isn't straight and build a stand that isn't square than it is to end up with a tank that isn't square.Īlso, don't confuse level with square. It will lay flat along one of the two, and I suspect it will be the tank. I would get a level, longest one you can get (my dad has one that is 6') and lay it across the stand, and across the bottom of the tank. Probably right at the last point it is supported. Go stand on the unsupported end and CRACK! That board is going to break. Now place one of your supports in the middle and weigh the other supported end down so the board doesn't just tip. Stand in the middle, it will bow, but it won't break. Take a 2x4, about 8ft long and block it up about a foot off the ground, only placing supports at either end. This is stress on the seals and the glass, and it will crack the glass, in your case most likely just the front panel, eventually. ![]() Now on the other hand if you have the bottom of said 4-foot tank supported well until the last 8-18 inches and then the stand is not square (what your problem likely is) a LOT of weight is placed on the last point where the tank is properly supported. Remember it is only industrial silicone holding those pieces of glass together. This means that a tank not supported fully in the center will still fail eventually, but it is more likely that you will blow out a seam seal rather than crack the glass because what is happening is the weight of the water is pushing against the bottom of the tank and pulling on the seam. The center of the tank bears relatively little weight, even when full. ![]() It is necessary to have the corners supported fully. The longer the tank the more important this is. It is BEST to have the whole of the bottom frame supported. ![]()
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