I was a fool. To anyone reading this please dont make the (beginner) mistake that I made. I bought a lovely new ADA 60p, tank stand, substrate and plants. In my eagerness to set up after the arrival of the plants I forgot to lay down a rubber mat between my tank and stand. Lo and behold, one of the screws in the stand had been drilled in too tight and caused an extremely minor but clearly non insignificant elevation to the surface of the stand. 24 hours after filling, I heard a pop, followed by increasingly fast dripping. Luckily, I was sitting close by had a bucket to hand and I was able to rescue my livestock. I am left with an ADA tank with a crack running the length of the bottom pane of glass, very disappointed, and ~£180 lighter.
I am not one to give up and decided that the best remedy for such a loss would be to replace the broken tank. I have since bought a 90litre 60x40 tank which is larger but cheaper than the ADA tank. The problem is, I am loathe to place this on the cheap stand that I bought for the ADA. Firstly due to the obvious: the existing stand is not level and will damage the new tank so I would have to get some sort of top surface to mitigate this and do some DIY to what looks to be a sketchy flatpack. Secondly, im not sure something specced to hold up to 60L will hold something potentially 90L + substrate. I am at a bit of a loss of how to proceed as I am quite deep into my reserve funds due to my error. One solution I have come up with, and I would love some input on, is whether these IKEA pieces in tandem would offer enough support. I'm not sure I'd trust one on its own, but two stand alone units side by side might be workable? What do you guys think?
I am not one to give up and decided that the best remedy for such a loss would be to replace the broken tank. I have since bought a 90litre 60x40 tank which is larger but cheaper than the ADA tank. The problem is, I am loathe to place this on the cheap stand that I bought for the ADA. Firstly due to the obvious: the existing stand is not level and will damage the new tank so I would have to get some sort of top surface to mitigate this and do some DIY to what looks to be a sketchy flatpack. Secondly, im not sure something specced to hold up to 60L will hold something potentially 90L + substrate. I am at a bit of a loss of how to proceed as I am quite deep into my reserve funds due to my error. One solution I have come up with, and I would love some input on, is whether these IKEA pieces in tandem would offer enough support. I'm not sure I'd trust one on its own, but two stand alone units side by side might be workable? What do you guys think?