Need help building stand for 630 gallon!

[Anubias]

Purchased a monster tank off craigslist and before I move it to my house I need to build a stand for it, does anyone want to help me or build a DIY stand and I'll pay for materials and your labor of course! Posting here in the lounge since it's a high traffic area.

Tank is 96"x42"x36" all glass, starfire on front and back!

Thanks,
Thai

[Anubias]

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I'd put considerable thought into this before proceeding - several options, bears serious thinking about what effect you want to create as far as ambience when it's finished because it's definitely going to dominate any space it's in short of a gallery with 20' ceilings. A low pedestal with a high/broad wrap around step would for instance possibly make your life much easier....

F-ing awesome tank- I wouldn't put a fish larger than 8"-10" in it myself because fact is you could have a veritable underwater jungle with a lot of different species rather than just a few open-mouthed marauders..

Know it's gauche but I have to ask; ¿Cuanto cuesta?

[Anubias]

Any suggestions would be appreciated, I'm not very inclined with tools or anything, I wouldn't want the stand to be higher or maybe even as high as the current one it is on, which sadly doesn't come with the tank.

And avatar it was 2000 for the tank only

[Anubias]

Oh and I will heavily plant it and keep moderate sized fish

[YSS]

Awesome tank and that's a great price for a tank that size. Good luck building the stand and post pics when the tank is stocked!

[JasonC]

Go to a machine shop and have them engineer/fabricate you a steel stand. Considering how much you paid for the tank, I would imagine this would be a pittance in comparison... and I don't even want to think of how much support you would need to do this in all wood substructure. Take the steel frame and wrap with furniture grade ply and trim out. Stain, seal, happy, happy.

Freaking ridiculous tank btw... cant wait to see it up!

[Hawkman2000]

An LVL frame should be more than enough to support the tank.

However - 630 Gallons (US) = 5,257.5163889 Pounds

I would be worried about the floor you are setting it up on. That much weight, even on a foundation slab, can cause serious dammage.

Where are you planning on setting it up?

[Anubias]

It would be on floor level of my townhouse which is on a slab, you think that much weight can damage it?

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Definitely, but no worries, I'll give you twenty cents on the dollar for it.

Talk to Tony - he's the concrete guy. I suspect you should be fine - a modest stone/brick chimney weights way more than three tons.