Wood thickness for a 70 Gallon Tank (100x45x60) cm

enb141 · 05/14/2018, 05:09 PM

Hi, I'm looking for a custom furniture for my future reef tank, so I talked with one carpenter that build home furniture to build a custom furniture for my tank, the dimensions are 100 cm long x 45 cm deep x 60 cm height so he said that the furniture wood thickness would be 3/4 inches so I would like to know if that's thick enough to resist the weight the tank.

homer1475 · 05/15/2018, 03:40 AM

It would help if we knew what size tank. But typically if it's built like a stand is supposed to be, and not held together like furniture, it should be fine.

My 80G stand is all 3/4 and 1" plywood.

sde1500 · 05/15/2018, 05:50 AM

70 gallon tank? 3/4 is plenty strong enough.

enb141 · 05/15/2018, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homer1475

It would help if we knew what size tank. But typically if it's built like a stand is supposed to be, and not held together like furniture, it should be fine.

My 80G stand is all 3/4 and 1" plywood.

The tank size is 100 cm (L) x 45 cm (D) x 60 cm (H)

39.37 inches (L) x 17.72 inches (D) x 23.62 inches (H)

What do you means when you say held together like furniture?

Quote:

Originally Posted by sde1500

70 gallon tank? 3/4 is plenty strong enough.

No matter what kind of wood? Real wood of course

The carpenter said he was going to use pine

I also forgot to mention the furniture measurements
100 cm (L) x 45 cm (D) x 100 cm (H)

05/14/2018, 05:09 PM	#1
enb141 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 148	Wood thickness for a 70 Gallon Tank (100x45x60) cm Hi, I'm looking for a custom furniture for my future reef tank, so I talked with one carpenter that build home furniture to build a custom furniture for my tank, the dimensions are 100 cm long x 45 cm deep x 60 cm height so he said that the furniture wood thickness would be 3/4 inches so I would like to know if that's thick enough to resist the weight the tank.

05/15/2018, 03:40 AM	#2
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	It would help if we knew what size tank. But typically if it's built like a stand is supposed to be, and not held together like furniture, it should be fine. My 80G stand is all 3/4 and 1" plywood. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

05/15/2018, 05:50 AM	#3
sde1500 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glocester, RI Posts: 3,336	70 gallon tank? 3/4 is plenty strong enough. __________________ My build thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2548422 Current Tank Info: 65 gallon mixed reef, Eshopps sump and HOB overflow, RO-110int skimmer, Reefbreeder 32" photons V1.