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Why so many ugly stands?


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Looking at second had tanks and there are so many ugly stands. Do people just buy a tank then go to the op shop and buy the ugliest thing they can find to put it on? :dunno:

Maybe I should stop being tight with my money and buy a brand new one.

Rant over. :facepalm:

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Have you tried looking at the other furniture sections? I've seen nice desks or TV stands used for tank stands.

Mine is a $30 wooden desk I sanded & repainted, I'd never trust a pet store stand now, they look too cheap & flimsy. My main thought when looking at a stand now is "will it topple in an earthquake?" haha.

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If you are buying one from a shop - make sure it is not MDF.

Evilness happens if it is MDF.

only if they are melteca/melamine with PVC clashed edges. the stands that have foil wrapped mdf/pb panels are far better.

if they were made out of ply i am sure there would be many threads complaining about the price :sml2:

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Have you tried looking at the other furniture sections? I've seen nice desks or TV stands used for tank stands.

Mine is a $30 wooden desk I sanded & repainted, I'd never trust a pet store stand now, they look too cheap & flimsy. My main thought when looking at a stand now is "will it topple in an earthquake?" haha.

yep should be plenty of recycle solid native timer down your ways to make a very sturdy type stand.

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it doesn't matter what your stand looks like, as long as it is sturdy. aesthetics don't count for jack when there is 600 litres of water, glass and dead fish spewed through your house. i have had some super ugly stands, but they have all been sturdy as. and all i ever needed to do to distract from their ugliness was drape a "curtain" over the stand. like what you do if you have an ugly couch you don't want to part with. i buy flags from the local $2 shop, pirate flags to be precise, and use blue tack or tacks to hang them around my tank stand. makes it look super cool... arrrrrrrrr!

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i buy flags from the local $2 shop, pirate flags to be precise, and use blue tack or tacks to hang them around my tank stand. makes it look super cool... arrrrrrrrr!

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Photos please??

(Ans yes, the curtain idea is awesome, I used to have a piece of black material stapled around an old desk on my previous tank.)

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