Stand save to use?

[Misha]

I’ve bought a second hand blue marine coral tank 120. The dt is 130litres and sump 90.

The stand is made of mdf it looks like the top layer has been wet I have attached 2 photos of the panel and 1 photo which panel it is.

 

[crusso1993]

I’ve bought a second hand blue marine coral tank 120. The dt is 130litres and sump 90.

The stand is made of mdf it looks like the top layer has been wet I have attached 2 photos of the panel and 1 photo which panel it is.

I realize there are a number of manufacturers that use MDF for their stands. I'm not a fan. It looks like your panels have a skin on them. Are you sure there is MDF under the skin? (It's hard to tell from the pics.)

 

[crusso1993]

Never mind my post above about the panel being MDF. I just downloaded the literature about the system in the link below and it confirms that the stand is MDF.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjADegQIAxAC&usg=AOvVaw0rSJndF_8uOEqwYDrPFPId

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Can you contact the manufacturer and ask about buying a replacement panel?

 

[Misha]

Never mind my post above about the panel being MDF. I just downloaded the literature about the system in the link below and it confirms that the stand is MDF.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjADegQIAxAC&usg=AOvVaw0rSJndF_8uOEqwYDrPFPId

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Can you contact the manufacturer and ask about buying a replacement panel?

I’ll reach out to the manufacturer. You don’t trust the panel? It’s actually on both sides, left and right but the one from the pictures is the worst one.

 

[crusso1993]

I’ll reach out to the manufacturer. You don’t trust the panel? It’s actually on both sides, left and right but the one from the pictures is the worst one.

It's hard to trust something that one cannot see. In other words, without removing the laminate that covers the MDF, how can one know exactly what damage has taken place to the MDF?

 

[Misha]

It's hard to trust something that one cannot see. In other words, without removing the laminate that covers the MDF, how can one know exactly what damage has taken place to the MDF?

Fair point, might try removing one corner. The manufacturer replied the following: you should ask the lfs where you bought it.