Stand build after tank has water

[tirish]

I just recently purchased an aquatop eco 40 tank. It came with the stock stand. It’s a bit wobbly and honestly doesn’t look great. I am planning on building a nicer furniture grade stand that goes with our living room. I want to get the cycle going a was curious if I can get the tank going on the current stock stand, build a new stand , drain some of the water out so I can move it onto the new stand. My plan would be to move some water into 5 gallon buckets to make it lighter, move the tank and put water back.

 

[dloberry]

That is an option, not the one I would choose, but an option. You might save yourself some major headaches by building the stand firat

 

[ILOVEYOUHALFISH]

I have an aquatop 24G and the stock stand sucks, I ended up using it for Aquariam storage… and ended up putting the tank on a dresser lol

That stand gave me anxiety

 

[EricR]

I'd lean towards getting the rock cycling in separate bin <-- kinda feel like you'd end up pulling it out to move the tank in the end anyway.

You could leak test your tank now but it'll be easier to setup on the new stand with nothing in it.

 

[mfinn]

I would build the stand first.
If you need to cycle rock, do it is another container and setup everything when the stand is finished.

 

[Uncle99]

I just recently purchased an aquatop eco 40 tank. It came with the stock stand. It’s a bit wobbly and honestly doesn’t look great. I am planning on building a nicer furniture grade stand that goes with our living room. I want to get the cycle going a was curious if I can get the tank going on the current stock stand, build a new stand , drain some of the water out so I can move it onto the new stand. My plan would be to move some water into 5 gallon buckets to make it lighter, move the tank and put water back.

Yup, no problem.
That’s not a big big tank.
Just finished moving a 50g to it new home, but, removed 80% of the water.

 

[TheReefAbides]

Could potentially move if you have glass cups. Although your water is roughly 8.5 lbs per gallon plus tank weight. I wouldn’t want to stress the seams moving with water weight in it. Just my opinion. The suggested option of cycling roc in a bin seems like safest/best case scenario