Aquarium question

[ChevronB19]

I’d like to start keeping fish again. I used to have a Fluval Vicenza 260, but ended up selling it plus fish when I moved house (couple of moves ago).

I’d like to get a Fluval Flex 123l tank (https://www.lincsaquatics.com/fluval-flex-123l-aquarium-setup-white-p7795/s7795?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=fluval-flex-123l-aquarium-setup-white-14996&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_t76uaDi-wIVi9DtCh3YTwqZEAQYASABEgKiDfD_BwE), mostly as I like the aesthetics and I don’t like having equipment on show.

However, the sideboard I would like to put it on is 35cm deep, and this is 40cm deep.

So options would be…

1) Put it on and leave a 5cm overhang at the back

2) Buy a piece of strong wood to the right size and place that on the sideboard (again with a 5cm overhang at the back - I don’t want an overhang at the front)

3) As per 2, but use some metal or wood rods to support the rear overhang

4) Buy new stand (don’t like ones designed for tanks, would prefer a strong bit of ‘normal’ furniture) - but I like the current sideboard

5) Stomp off in a huff

Thoughts?

[yellowtang]

First question - is the sideboard in question suitable for holding a tank that will end up weighing circa 150kg? (Particularly when 120kg will be water!)

[ChevronB19]

yellowtang said:

First question - is the sideboard in question suitable for holding a tank that will end up weighing circa 150kg? (Particularly when 120kg will be water!)

Yep, it’s more than capable, it’s built like a battleship and is solid oak.

[HustleRussell]

I think 2, 3, 4 or 5 can work. If 2 or 3 you will need to ensure that whatever is supporting the overhang is sufficiently structural that it is actually doing something.

Whatever you do, make sure that you have some kind of underlay between the base of the aquarium and the surface it's installed on to distribute the load.

ETA: although if you're particularly concerned with aesthetics I'd have to ask how the overhang will look, however you choose to work around it.

[Nightmare]

For exact same issue I went with option 2. Stuck it on a bit of marine ply (that was slightly smaller than the base so it’s invisible unless you’re child height) just to make sure it didn’t mark the thing it was on. All good about 6 years later

[yellowtang]

ChevronB19 said:

Yep, it’s more than capable, it’s built like a battleship and is solid oak.

In that case I’d probably just screw a baton on the back of the cabinet top to take the overhang and put a piece of black painted ply to sit the tank on (with some black cushioning foam)