Drilled my stand

[jc]

I made a ridiculous mistake. I set up my tank with 200 lbs of sand plus the water. Everything was going great until I tried to plug in something. I blocked the outlet! So I used my dremel to cut a hole in one of the supports. Please tell me this won't cause my tank to come crashing down. It has a total of four of these planks in the back and 5 in the front. The sides are solid and the tank is a 125g.
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[txg8gxp]

You could always laminate another board on to it for added support, just an idea.

[jc]

You could always laminate another board on to it for added support, just an idea.

I plan on adding a board next to it. But that will have to wait until Saturday at least.

[Neptune@gabesfish]

Would not worry support is on ends of tank most time those boards are to make you feel secure..

[txg8gxp]

From my understanding, most of the wieght will be transferred to the 4 corners. I'm not a expert in this stuff though, hopefully a stand builder will jump in.

[txg8gxp]

Man gabe beat me...

[Neptune@gabesfish]

I'm the MAN from what they say..

[jc]

Thanks everyone. I can rest easy now.

[Mike]

What is the chance you will ever need that 2nd outlet? You should probably go ahead and drill that one also, just in case. JMHO

[Ichthy]

My dad could help you most likely, he built my stand which supports a 100gal. If you're not too far, he could come look at it this weekend

[jc]

pm'd