Okay paranoid Question

[zev]

So I am about to set up my first reef tank. It is a 55 gallon and the stand that came with the tank only supports on the outside rim of the tank..... is this okay or am I tempting fate.....the paranoia is comming from the Idea of the bottom of the tank breaking.....is this possible?

 

[Moe_K]

Is it a brand new tank?
Anyway, you're safe. Most stands just support the 4 lower rim edges and not the actual glass bottom panel.

 

[zev]

it is a slightly used tank in very good condition

 

[nitrofish]

you never want to put force on the bottom glass of most glass aquariums. around the edge will be just fine

 

[TheUltimateNoob]

these tanks are designed to be held up by the rims around the tank so you're in good shape.

 

[petesreef]

I recently broke down a 55 gallon reef tank. I had it on the same stand that you describe. Everything was fine. The only problem which I had with the 55 was with the cross bar. After about a year, the cross bar showed a small hairline fracture where it attaches to the front part of the top of the tank. This proceeded to get larger week after week. II spoke to a LFS about it and was told that this plastic fracture had little to do with the support of the tank anyway but talk about paranoid, I got rid of the tank. You should be all set with the bottom structural integrity from my experience.