Vinkenoog1977
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Hey guys,
Will be getting a RIO 180 real soon, and the plan was to have it sit on top of my IKEA Besta cabinet (http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60134049/#/70225143), which has these legs under it: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60196513/. I was already planning to make it a bit more sturdy by adding two extra "feet" in the form of some wooden blocks, and by adding some mdf panels to the back to make sure everything stays square. My question is: will this be enough to hold the tank, or do I need some more reinforcements, or do I need to chuck out the IKEA thing and build a stand from 18 mm. MDF? Saying that, I probably already know the answer.
The things is, a tank is pretty much dead weight, it sits there static as can be, which requires less support than let's say a 200 kilo stripper (sorry about the mental image). My old 200+ L tank used to sit on an antique chest of drawers (similar to this one, except mine was around 70 years old already at the time: http://puckhaber2_media.s3.amazonaws.com/catalogue/dutch_commode_front.jpg), with no problems whatsoever.
Thanks for the advice!
Will be getting a RIO 180 real soon, and the plan was to have it sit on top of my IKEA Besta cabinet (http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60134049/#/70225143), which has these legs under it: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60196513/. I was already planning to make it a bit more sturdy by adding two extra "feet" in the form of some wooden blocks, and by adding some mdf panels to the back to make sure everything stays square. My question is: will this be enough to hold the tank, or do I need some more reinforcements, or do I need to chuck out the IKEA thing and build a stand from 18 mm. MDF? Saying that, I probably already know the answer.
The things is, a tank is pretty much dead weight, it sits there static as can be, which requires less support than let's say a 200 kilo stripper (sorry about the mental image). My old 200+ L tank used to sit on an antique chest of drawers (similar to this one, except mine was around 70 years old already at the time: http://puckhaber2_media.s3.amazonaws.com/catalogue/dutch_commode_front.jpg), with no problems whatsoever.
Thanks for the advice!