Thinking of using an Ikea furniture for a tank stand?

[peacemaker]

Found this photo on Nano-reef.com. It is a coffee table from Ikea. Center is reinforced with just cardboard honeycomb. Saltwater tanks are very heavy, so if anyone has plans to use similar furniture from Ikea as a tank stand, do take note of the weight it could carry.

Disclaimer: I'm not putting Ikea furniture down, they do build nice furniture sometimes, just a word of caution. Safety first!

Cheers!

[comycus]

Ikea normally display the max weight allowance for their tables on their tags, good to check before putting anything heavy on it.

[poomoon]

my previous 1.5 ft and current 2 ft are on ikeas shelves / cabinet though, not stands

[happyguy1682]

tis square table i try b4 putting a 1,1,1ft tank .... no problem for tat if u say wan to put a 2ft of cos it cannot stand the weight bcos water is heavy ( salt water even more heavy )

cheers...........

[Thexder]

My personal experience with Ikea furniture is that they are not really strong. So I wouldn't trust putting a tank on it.

[DUCADOS]

My advise is not to take the risk. Thou it's a small tank but u will take it for granted by using the same method to do on a bigger tank n bigger stand in future if this causes no problem for u and hence if anything happen then, it'll really gonna be real serious.

[finind]

my old 3ft tank used to sit on 2 waist height display cabinets bought from v.hive and I assemble them myself.

with 6 virtical compressed chipboard, they manage to support 100+kg tank + sump for 3yrs+

but is better to get some chengai wood to sleep peacefully

[Firestarter]

This particular piece of furniture is the $20 'coffee table' and its not meant for tanks above 1ft in length. Do note that the legs are not secure and will break under pressure.