Is this gonna collapse?

[ReefLab]

2 10 gallon tanks on a target console table..
the load from the 2 tanks (on the high side) 180lbs?
problem is there is 1.25” hanging off each end. Can I use this or do I need to find another way?

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

That looks scary to me.

 

[Katrina71]

Do NOT use that!

 

[SlipperyWhipple]

Do NOT use that!

+1

 

[Peace River]

Not worth the risk. I encourage you to find another option.

 

[Will Wohlers]

One would be fine but not both especially with the weight distribution skewed like that

 

[Huskymaniac]

It's about as safe as a red sea reefer 750

 

[mfinn]

That's a wet messy floor looking to happen.

 

[foxt]

You know, I wasn't ready to dismiss this right off the bat. Depending upon the material and the methods used to secure the components, although it may look spindly, it is possible to put something like this together and hold a lot of weight.

For example, I use metro-style wire racks to hold all sorts of tanks in my basement. They look just as spindly as this thing, and are put together with a weird compression sleeve sort of system that never ceases to amaze me that it holds any weight. Yet they are rated to 800lbs a shelf, and have never failed.

So I went to Target's website to look up what your table is rated to carry. I think I found your table, and in the details, it states that it is rated to hold 50 lbs. So there's your answer.

Link to the kind of rack I use with success: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...VBZ6fCh3AyQEOEAQYAiABEgKdCfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[ReefLab]

Haha Ok loud and clear. I’ll figure something else out. Thanks for the reality check all!

 

[Turnage]

 

[Jamo7]

Why two tanks and not one?

 

[ReefLab]

Why two tanks and not one?

Coral/invert QT and fish QT

 

[ReefLab]

You know, I wasn't ready to dismiss this right off the bat. Depending upon the material and the methods used to secure the components, although it may look spindly, it is possible to put something like this together and hold a lot of weight.

For example, I use metro-style wire racks to hold all sorts of tanks in my basement. They look just as spindly as this thing, and are put together with a weird compression sleeve sort of system that never ceases to amaze me that it holds any weight. Yet they are rated to 800lbs a shelf, and have never failed.

So I went to Target's website to look up what your table is rated to carry. I think I found your table, and in the details, it states that it is rated to hold 50 lbs. So there's your answer.

Link to the kind of rack I use with success: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...VBZ6fCh3AyQEOEAQYAiABEgKdCfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Ok you seem pretty savvy so what do you think about my next plan

5 of these Ikea legs (1 at each corner and one at center)https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/adils-leg-white-90217972/

Attatched to a 1.5” MDF board

 

[SandJ]

Attatched to a 1.5” MDF board

I would not use mdf. I walked by my JBJ 28 a few minutes ago...there was water around the bottom of the tank. No water anywhere else in the stand or on the floor. Have no idea where it came from. There was very little water just around the base of the tank, but the mdf top the tank is sitting on has already swelled up and I am going to have to do emergency tank swap tomorrow.

 

[George Lopez]

2 things, particle board sucks long term but the biggest problem i have is that your tank is overhanging which could cause a break. So no i wouldn't use it

 

[Backreefing]

If the overhang is hanging you up lol then go to Home Depot and get a pease of wood plank or a flat shelf to put under the aquariums

 

[foxt]

I don’t think you can build a stand out of five of those legs and mdf. You can build one to your exact specs for not much cost, out of 2x4’s and plywood or project boards from Home Depot or Lowe’s.

Putting two QT tanks that close together is essentially creating one QT though, since they are going to contaminate each other via salt spray and aerial transmission.

 

[Wiskey]

I'm most worried about a lateral load, I don't see those legs being braced very well. It will probably be fine with compression forces, but if somebody bumps it I think the whole thing is likely to fold sideways.

I also like to support the whole tank rim.

I think if you put reasonably thick ply on top to support the entire tank surface, then secured the stand to the wall so it was supported laterally it might work.

It's still better to find another way though.
Whiskey

 

[theatrus]

I'm most worried about a lateral load, I don't see those legs being braced very well. It will probably be fine with compression forces, but if somebody bumps it I think the whole thing is likely to fold sideways.

I also like to support the whole tank rim.

I think if you put reasonably thick ply on top to support the entire tank surface, then secured the stand to the wall so it was supported laterally it might work.

It's still better to find another way though.
Whiskey

Thats the risk really - once it starts racking over, it will likely rack over to failure. Just sitting there 20 gallons of water isn't really that much, but probably over the design limit of the table for exactly the lateral load issue.