I’ve got couple tandanus catfish, fire eels and a tiger moray. They live in the crevices. Dozen clown loaches as well.
Maybe a square corner tank holds the weight better.
Maybe a square corner tank holds the weight better.
Okay that makes more sense. The stand is about 1/2” plywood sheet then braced in the middle and then a foam pad that is attached to the tank on the bottom. I kind of just figured that would be able to distribute the weight enough and I’ve done this amount of rock on countless Marineland tanks and never had an issue so I was just surprised when a higher end tank couldn’t hold up to a lower end tank.Hello; The OP went for a look and took a chance. That is a lot of heavy rock in a glass tank.
Part of the concern, to me, is the point source of that weight. Too much weight concentrated in a spot or few. Uneven stresses are different than the more uniform distribution of water weight.
While my personal opinion counts little, I would not use so many rocks. Nor would i stack them so high. But the opinion of the manufacturer counts most and i can understand the decision. On a Mustang forum members post of warranty denials because they have tuned and modified the car. Part of the game.
I do admit the photos of the tank setup is impressive with all that rock. In addition to too much weight I suspect other posts have the right idea with the egg crate and such needed to spread the weight. I lost a 125 to an unforeseen condition years ago. Never occurred to me to blame the tank maker.
Hello; Saved most, nearly all, of the fish. Still had a few inches of water in it. Was a mess and i was lucky it was a basement setup with a floor drain.Okay that makes more sense. The stand is about 1/2” plywood sheet then braced in the middle and then a foam pad that is attached to the tank on the bottom. I kind of just figured that would be able to distribute the weight enough and I’ve done this amount of rock on countless Marineland tanks and never had an issue so I was just surprised when a higher end tank couldn’t hold up to a lower end tank.
Yeah I get that per modifications, like most companies say if you don’t use their stands and tanks together any warranty claims are void. This I wouldn’t think is modification though. Maybe people’s idea of modification is different, I would think if I was say cutting holes in the stand to modify that would impact the integrity of it. I may absolutely be wrong in my understanding of that.
The company told me you can’t use anything heavy in the tank and I guess my question is then what is the max weight I should strive for
If it’s my fault then I am absolutely willing to accept that, I’m just trying to understand fully because like I said I’ve done countless other tanks and never had a problem. I have pictures to back them up. So I want to know if this is impending doom and I should just stay far away from using those types of rocks. The original guy I spoke with at the company said they had an S curved tank that they had issues with cracking and discontinued it because of that but I haven’t heard from that guy since that phone call.
oh man I’m sorry to hear that! It’s always a sucky day when anything like that happens. I hope you where able to save the fish!
That’s good per saving most of the fish! It suck’s a lot but sounds like if it had to happen anywhere it happened in the more ideal spot! Floor drains are awesome in generalHello; Saved most, nearly all, of the fish. Still had a few inches of water in it. Was a mess and i was lucky it was a basement setup with a floor drain.
Dude, it was terrifying. I had the python and sump pump ready to go. I just took that for homeowners insurance. Dude it was like a waterfall out the front glass. I have a video, I did get it drained and to be honest definitely could’ve been a lot worse, still was a long night.MAN!! that looks scary as hell how could you be taking pictures i would be freaking out getting my python out setting up a spare tank