My Future Shrimp Breeding Setup

[Vigilante]

Substrate additives came in today

[R_sustaita]

you will need to center brace it as the frame has the edges really short, i have the same rack.

[sunkenmetal]

3/4" plywood doubled up.. glue and screw them together all the support you would need for that short of a span.

[eklikewhoa]

I agree with Tim, replace the boards or add some support beams across if you plan on using the mdf.

[Vigilante]

The box says 1000 lbs, but I think that's what the shelf supports would hold and not the particle board shelf itself. I would not trust a 29 gallon tank on one of the shelves.

[algarciajr]

How much weight can each of those shelves support?

[Vigilante]

smash and grab?

Lol! That requires a few people. Are you in?

[sunkenmetal]

smash and grab?

[R_sustaita]

i think petco will hit that until july. usually its every 6 months. last sale was in Dec 26-Jan 31st.

[sunkenmetal]

Check petco see if they are having their dollar a gallon sale.

[Vigilante]

I appreciate it, but my shelves are 48X24, so those would'nt work for me.

[R_sustaita]

i have 2-29s 1-20L

[Vigilante]

I am going to go with the plywood for shelves. I have 2 already and will be replacing the rest before I any tanks are added.

Does anyone have any cheap 10 gallon aquariums laying around? I am looking for 4 of them right now.

[R_sustaita]

there are different types of fiber glass. i use the cloth sheets and the bondo fiber glass type.

[Totenkampf]

hmm, i would think that you would have to really get the fiberglass level and flat to put an aquarium on it. if it were me, i would use the 7 ply birch plywood that i have used in guitar speaker cabinets and then seal it or cut a piece of glass for the top. its really strong and true. as i recall, sunkenmetal likes melamine for being water resistant and i know its really flat since i have used it for woodworking tool tables.