Karen B. Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Greetings! So I live in an apartment and all my aquariums are in my living room. My floor is hardwood floor and I want to damage it as little as possible. So far my aquariums/stands had rounded or squared legs and weren't too heavy. I am upgrading one aquarium to a 30 gallons (I know, not that big of a deal) and bought this shelf that can support 1800 pounds (a bit of an overkill) but it’s legs are L shaped and thin and sharp (ask my very bleeding foot for dropping said leg onto it.). I tought about the normal adhesive felt but someone told me it would be enough So I found these, and was wondering if it would be ok? I would probably play it safe and put 2 one on top of the other for each leg And/or would it be better to get L shaped plastic leg protector? My problem is that I seem to be between 2 sizes… So, hrm… help? 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Ouch, those look sharp! My first thought was to maybe see if you can get some small squares of wood from the home center, but the leg protectors plus the felt/rubber pads look good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 They make things, I think they call them furniture pads? But they should bear the weight and wouldn’t slide because of the weight of your tank. Found them. It put me straight to the value pack when I searched, but it looks like they have less, probably a 4 pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev C Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) I have used the furniture pads before something like Old Duck mentioned above i did not use them on a tank but a bed mine was round … but they work amazon has a lot of different ones square ,or round in different sizes some are rubber and some has carpet in amazon search just put in Furniture Coasters for Heavy Furniture Edited March 31, 2022 by Bev C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) i think the legs on that stand would probably cut right through any of those felt or rubber type pads once weight is on it. Edited March 31, 2022 by lefty o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B. Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/31/2022 at 4:32 PM, lefty o said: i think the legs on that stand would probably cut right through any of those felt or rubber type pads once weight is on it. Do you have any other ideas or solutions on what I could/should use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widgets Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I picked up the free color samples of laminate flooring at Home Depot. The ones I picked are 4" square with a rubber cushion on the bottom. My stand does not have the angle style foot, but I wanted to spread the load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev C Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) they are called furniture caster cups or furniture coaster cups Edited March 31, 2022 by Bev C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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