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blaster · #1 06-24-2003, 03:50 AM

I have a new 52 hex and want to put it on new carpet.My wife is worried about water spillage on the carpet.Anyone out there have any ideas about protecting the surrounding carpet or my new tank is going in the unfinished furnace room.

kari · #2 06-24-2003, 04:50 AM

Get 3 large dogs to protect the carpet and remove the grass from your backyard. Thats what I am trying.
Sorry, I have no useful ideas.

EmilyB · #3 06-24-2003, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by kari

Get 3 large dogs to protect the carpet and remove the grass from your backyard. Thats what I am trying.
Sorry, I have no useful ideas.

No, that's doesn't work either.

Dresden · #4 06-24-2003, 05:37 AM

might not look purdy but a larger low height rubbermail that the entire stand can sit in is a failsafe

trilinearmipmap · #5 06-24-2003, 06:06 AM

I don't want to sound sexist but I find dealing with women that using a different approach works. Take her out for a nice dinner, buy her some jewelry then after telling her how much you love her, ask her about putting the tank on your new carpet.

Tropical Paradise · #6 06-24-2003, 07:25 AM

Get some tarp from Home Depot and use it whenever you do water change. No matter how careful you are, water spillage will happen. It costs about $4.oo for a 10x12 piece of tarp.

Hope this helps!

StirCrazy · #7 06-24-2003, 01:04 PM

personaly I would put it in the unfinnished room and finnish it into a den or what ever.

Steve

Beverly · #8 06-24-2003, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by blaster

Anyone out there have any ideas about protecting the surrounding carpet

Never had a tank on carpet, but did have them on hardwood which is just as easy to mess up, imo. Used to use lots of old towels around the tank whenever doing ANYTHING in the tank so no drips went on the hardwood.

Currently have our whole condo in ceramic tile and still use old towels to protect the tile.

Maybe you can offer to buy her a whole set of matching new towels so you can use the old ones

Quinn · #9 06-24-2003, 02:01 PM

Right in front of my tank I have a reed mat from Ikea. It holds any water that I ever happen to spill, either until I step on it and soak it up or it evaporates, and looks good in the process. If reeds don't really suit your decor, I'm sure you can find an alternative (basically like having a towel in front of the tank all the time, except better looking). As for water around the back and sides, I just pray my tank never leaks.

Chad · #10 06-24-2003, 03:24 PM

I have my tank on a very very old record playing stereo system. Wish I could describe it a little better but it looks like it could be a big tank stand. Anyways I took some garbage bags and placed it over the "stand" and I have a old carpet in front of it. So everything is protected.. the old stereo and the floor.