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The floor is concrete in my lounge, so that should be able to take the load.

Sorry, I should have mentioned the tank has a floating base. What this means is the glass bottom of the rectangle shaped tank is in effect two squares siliconed together. (it actually costs more to have tanks built like this, but it is an additional safety measure as there is a little more...

Hi Timber would have been ideal had it not been a fish tank I am supporting. The problem with timber is the wood can shrink and expand. If a tank base goes out by a couple of mm, this can cause significant stress on glass tank seems - I'll leave the rest to your imagination! Cheers...

Hi I'm after some advice as I appear to be getting a lot of conflicting advice from builders. I want to build a base to house a marine fish tank on 5 foot length, 3 foot wide and 18inches height. The plan is to build a couple of pillars at opposite ends and run three 127 RSJ's along the...