Stand weight

[Timmy1978]

I built the stands from watching Corry’s video on how to build stand does anybody know if these will hold  (2) 75 gallons tanks looking at the picture the top with the 10  and the 20 long that’s where the 75’s will be going thank you 

[gardenman]

You should be fine. Concrete blocks are insanely strong in compressive strength. A typical 75 gasllon tank is four feet long and the weight will be spread out fairly evenly along those four feet. 

[Scott P.]

Should be just fine. Concrete blocks hold up whole houses, so an aquarium should be no problem.

[HH Morant]

The concrete blocks will be fine, of course. It is the two-inch thick board you need to be concerned about. If the aquariums are long enough so that they extend over the blocks or very close to the blocks, that is good. If not, the board has to bear a lot more weight.

75 gallons of water is about 625 pounds, plus the aquarium itself and the net weight added by the substrate, you might be talking in the neighborhood of 900 pounds or more for each aquarium

I am no engineer and I have never built a stand. I recently had my floor reinforced so that I could have an 100+gallon aquarium on the second floor of my house, so I am probably over-cautious. 

 

[Timmy1978]

Thanks everyone for the response the wall is 9 ft so the tanks should sit center with minimal pressure on the 2x4’s