So I decided to upgrade my 28 JBJ for something a little larger. A little cleaner. A little more...put it together yourself and make it mine. I knew that I liked the look of a rimless tank so I decided to go with an Illuminata 57 gallon rimless tank and matching stand. I am going with a Aqueon model 2 sump that fits nicely under the stand but not leaving much room for my ATO reservoir so I will have to get a custom acrylic made to fit in the left over space. I have some things that I will be moving over from my 28 JBJ, such as my Neptune Apex controller, an MP10 powerhead ( and an MP 40 on order), a JBJ ATO, 3 BRS dosing pumps ,the wireless for the Apex and a Precision Marine redline 125 that was left over from a frag tank that I had previously.
I love the tank just the way it is but made a decision to paint the rear glass black. It will make the colors pop and help to mask the large overflow. First thing to do is to paint the rear glass.
Light coats make it cleaner. This is the prep coat.
This is the paint I used to paint the rear glass. And It looks really nice!
Here is the tank set up. Looking good I think.
I had asked the question on here and got so many good answers. My question was, would the weight of my tank be too much for my floor to hold. I am estimating it at about 850lbs after its filled and live rock added. Everyone told me it would be no problem, but the one response that made me feel better was as follows.
So I figured LETS GO.
I love the tank just the way it is but made a decision to paint the rear glass black. It will make the colors pop and help to mask the large overflow. First thing to do is to paint the rear glass.
Light coats make it cleaner. This is the prep coat.
This is the paint I used to paint the rear glass. And It looks really nice!
Here is the tank set up. Looking good I think.
I had asked the question on here and got so many good answers. My question was, would the weight of my tank be too much for my floor to hold. I am estimating it at about 850lbs after its filled and live rock added. Everyone told me it would be no problem, but the one response that made me feel better was as follows.
From my view;
Your stand has bottom dimensions
36in x 20in = 720 square inches
You tank weight divided by the surface area gives you the stress exerted on the floor
600 lbf/ 720 sq in = 0.84 psi
This stress is minuscule...like a previous example take a humans average foot simplified to a 12inch by 4 inch rectangle (attempting to average the non constant foot width) and let's say a weight of 210 lbf. The total surface area of a foot
(12in x 4in) = 48 sq inches
Dividing the load by total surface area for both 2 and 1 foot
210lbf/ 96 sq in = 2.18 psi
210lbf/ 48 sq in = 4.375 psi
So you walking around the second floor exerts a higher stress than the tank will (plus it's a cyclic load rather than a static load which is even worse). Also, the floor is there to increase the surface area of anything resting on the beams and distribute the load better across the beams. In short, you should be ok.
So I figured LETS GO.