Fish stands.. Help needed!

[Kalei]

It sounds untrustworthy to my. Fish tanks are alot of weight and need a stand that can hold it all. A 30 gallon tank is about 300 pounds of water, not including the rocks, plants, fish..ect. A wobbly stand I would not take the risk of putting a fish tank on. I bought a stand from wal-mart or my 55 gallon and it does not wobble at all, its completely sturdy.

If I were you I wouldn't take the risk of filling the tank up on that stand...if its molded to the wall it may be a little more trustworthy, but not fully trustworthy.

[Chilli]

Personally, I'd take it back and find something that you feel comfortable with.
I'm not sure which kind to suggest(since I use industrial shelving for most of my fishtanks.. & my 55g stand was custom made), but do see if they have one on display and see how it holds up.

Like Karen said, a wobbly stand is a disaster waiting to happen!

Good luck. =]

[Flatcoatluver]

My dad thinks that mounting it on the wall will make it safe and it won't have problems, I want to take it back, and I don't think he wants to deal with having to put it away and taking it back. I was thinking of keeping the fish tank on a old STRONG WOOD dresser, what do you think?

[critter crazy]

My dad thinks that mounting it on the wall will make it safe and it won't have problems, I want to take it back, and I don't think he wants to deal with having to put it away and taking it back. I was thinking of keeping the fish tank on a old STRONG WOOD dresser, what do you think?

Hone I would take the few minutes, and put it all back in the box and take it back. Putting the tank on a Dresser, ia anoother accident waiting to happen. I personally would not feel safe. I would look for a better made stand out of REAL wood, or Metal. Just tell your dad, you are looking out for the best interest of the fish. not to mention, your home, should the tank fall. Quite a mess it would be!

[Flatcoatluver]

Now my dad just says that he is going to mount it on the wall and it will be fine. I don't have anyway to say no since I can't find the recipt for the stand.

[Flatcoatluver]

We found the reciept and were taking the stand back and just having the 30 gallon on the floor. We will feel so much better. Thanks everyone!!

[Kalei]

We found the reciept and were taking the stand back and just having the 30 gallon on the floor. We will feel so much better. Thanks everyone!!

*sighs in relief* Phew, I'm so glad. I've had a tank crack all the way up the side on me before..it was a 15 gallon and it was not fun. The only other tank I had was a 2.5 gallon and I had about 10 tropical fish and had to squish them all into the 2.5 gallon...it was so sad, pretty much all of them died except a couple and I had no other home to give them to, there's not many fish people around here I know...it really sucked.

I guess I just told that little story cause it had to do with a tank breaking...worse thing that can happen, its an absolute disaster, I"m so happy you aren't taking the chance