Hello All,
In the middle of putting together my 180 gallon tank. I'm getting ready to bring it all into the house from the garage. I have Lifeproof waterproof Vinyl planks on a cement slab throughout the entire house, so the stand and of course tank will sit on top of this. Obviously this is a bunch of weight to sit on these floors. Is there something I can put underneath the stand to help prevent any damage to the flooring? OR am I worrying about nothing because either the weight is distributed throughout and it won't cause much of an issue or is it just part of the hobby to accept that the planks will get dented with all the weight?
Also, off subject but about 3 month ago I bought live rock from a guy directly out of his FISH ONLY tank. I immediately put it in salt water barrels in my garage and it has been there ever since however I couldn't control the temps well sometimes the water got as high as 85-86 degrees. These rocks are still in barrels and I went to smell them today and they don't smell like anything literally not one scent of anything. The other barrel has a very very faint fresh saltwater smell.
I just took a Master test kit (yes I know not the best but all I had on me right now) to check Ammonia levels and after the required 5 minute way I think a reading of about 0.25ppm or less is in there. I attached 2 pics of the results 1 in the sun with the sun to my back and the other in the shade. Can anyone help me if the rock is good to go into the new tank?
Thanks!
Mike
In the middle of putting together my 180 gallon tank. I'm getting ready to bring it all into the house from the garage. I have Lifeproof waterproof Vinyl planks on a cement slab throughout the entire house, so the stand and of course tank will sit on top of this. Obviously this is a bunch of weight to sit on these floors. Is there something I can put underneath the stand to help prevent any damage to the flooring? OR am I worrying about nothing because either the weight is distributed throughout and it won't cause much of an issue or is it just part of the hobby to accept that the planks will get dented with all the weight?
Also, off subject but about 3 month ago I bought live rock from a guy directly out of his FISH ONLY tank. I immediately put it in salt water barrels in my garage and it has been there ever since however I couldn't control the temps well sometimes the water got as high as 85-86 degrees. These rocks are still in barrels and I went to smell them today and they don't smell like anything literally not one scent of anything. The other barrel has a very very faint fresh saltwater smell.
I just took a Master test kit (yes I know not the best but all I had on me right now) to check Ammonia levels and after the required 5 minute way I think a reading of about 0.25ppm or less is in there. I attached 2 pics of the results 1 in the sun with the sun to my back and the other in the shade. Can anyone help me if the rock is good to go into the new tank?
Thanks!
Mike