290G Peninsula Tank

fishytime · #1 03-08-2010, 03:12 AM

Nice view!......and should be a schweeeeet tank........

mseepman · #2 03-08-2010, 03:21 AM

Okay so I have a question for those of you with external overflows. I rarely see any lower support on the overflow (like triangular supports), but it strikes me that the overflow holds a lot of water...sometimes 7-12 gallons and when I do the math on the weight of that...I get nervous.
Has anyone had issues with this? Have you seen some that have been built with supports?
When I got my first tank quote from Aquarium Obsessed they found humour in my worry about the overflows but they included the supports in the price because I asked for it.

kien · #3 03-08-2010, 03:23 AM

ooh sexy.. and your plot of land ain't bad either.

kien · #4 03-08-2010, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Okay so I have a question for those of you with external overflows. I rarely see any lower support on the overflow (like triangular supports), but it strikes me that the overflow holds a lot of water...sometimes 7-12 gallons and when I do the math on the weight of that...I get nervous.
Has anyone had issues with this? Have you seen some that have been built with supports?
When I got my first tank quote from Aquarium Obsessed they found humour in my worry about the overflows but they included the supports in the price because I asked for it.

i don't think my external overflow holds more than 2 gallons :-)

xtreme · #5 03-08-2010, 03:58 AM

I have a 280 as well and I just calculated my overflow to be about 4.7 gallons. No issues so far.

mseepman · #6 03-08-2010, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by xtreme

I have a 280 as well and I just calculated my overflow to be about 4.7 gallons. No issues so far.

The part that scares me is that your 4.7 gallons is not far from 50 pounds...along with the weight of the glass...hanging off of some silicone.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid. My overflow would be about 6.5 gallons.

Kryptic4L · #7 03-08-2010, 04:20 AM

does the fact that your tank will be held together with the same stuff which will undergo far greater stress then 50 lbs pushing outward concern you ?

either way, if you really want to support it, a 2x4 or 2 should be easy enough to use for your purpose.

mseepman · #8 03-08-2010, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kryptic4L

does the fact that your tank will be held together with the same stuff which will undergo far greater stress then 50 lbs pushing outward concern you ?

either way, if you really want to support it, a 2x4 or 2 should be easy enough to use for your purpose.

Well put! I guess that really is the way to look at it.