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Posted	aquarium foam
28-10-2007 21:15 by danprowse	can anyone tell me the best place to purchase foam to go between the stand and fish tank, and what density foam is best for an 8 x 2 x 2 tank. thanks
28-10-2007 21:25 by telboy	try wickes,i get 8ft xjust under 2ft sheets £4.95
28-10-2007 21:29 by big cats	an 8ft tank wont cope well with flex so best to get some fairly soft polystyrene dont use polyeurathane or styrofoam ,what is your stand made of?
28-10-2007 23:59 by danprowse	being constructed of breeze blocks, wooden planks and plywood all painted black. So would polystyrene be better for the job or a higher density foam?
29-10-2007 11:18 by telboy	polystyrene from wickes
29-10-2007 17:33 by big cats	if you cant squeeze it between your thumb and finger then its too hard, imagine the front r/h corner of your stand is 6mm higher than the rear l/h corner with a high density foam it will not crush that much the tank will twist and you can guess the outcome so an inch thick and squeezable for the base , i built a stand for a 36x18x18 once out of wood, ran it for ages , when i stripped it down the middle two legs had gotten solid footing the outer two pairs had not i ended up with a polystyrene base less the 3mm thick in the middle and still 12mm thick on both outside edges if i had used something harder the tank would have broken??
29-10-2007 20:33 by tank busters	got my 7x2x30 on polystyrene but its 15mil thick
13-11-2007 20:50 by jonie	focus/wickes

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