UrbanDryad
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So, I've got accelerated Multiple Tank Syndrome, with aquariums and terrariums slowly expanding across every horizontal surface in my home. It's time to get some kind of racking system and use that vertical space!
Most of the recommendations I've seen are US-based. Searching this forum got me a lot of "racking my brain" and other idiomatic results. Rackzone is closer to home and looked perfect, but they don't ship to England. Someone on a Facebook group recommended this one from B&Q, but the low price feels a bit too good to be true, and the MDF shelving + some of the reviews are enough to give me pause. G-Rack looks like it has good options, but all the shelving is MDF rather than wood or metal, which again makes me nervous because of how that stuff disintegrates when wet - it's described as 'moisture resistant' but the product pages recommend fully varnishing it if it might get wet.
What racking systems do you use, where did you source them, and how long have they held up? If you don't use racking systems but do keep a lot of tanks, what do you use instead?
(As a note, I don't have much 'workshop' space or a garden, so any option that involves a lot of DIY may not be practical for me.)
Most of the recommendations I've seen are US-based. Searching this forum got me a lot of "racking my brain" and other idiomatic results. Rackzone is closer to home and looked perfect, but they don't ship to England. Someone on a Facebook group recommended this one from B&Q, but the low price feels a bit too good to be true, and the MDF shelving + some of the reviews are enough to give me pause. G-Rack looks like it has good options, but all the shelving is MDF rather than wood or metal, which again makes me nervous because of how that stuff disintegrates when wet - it's described as 'moisture resistant' but the product pages recommend fully varnishing it if it might get wet.
What racking systems do you use, where did you source them, and how long have they held up? If you don't use racking systems but do keep a lot of tanks, what do you use instead?
(As a note, I don't have much 'workshop' space or a garden, so any option that involves a lot of DIY may not be practical for me.)