Steel stand build?

[cane]

A friend/welder is building me a 96” stand for my new 240gal aquarium. What thickness and size square tubing do you guys recommend? So far I told him 2” tubing but nothing in terms of thickness.

Saw these two stands online and thinking of building mine similar to this.

 

[Ncreefer]

1/8" should be plenty if you put middle supports.

 

[Pivitol]

I used 11ga (1/8") on my 200. Rock solid!!

 

[cane]

Ended up using 3/16 2 inch square tubing. Yes definitely overkill. Didn’t get any good finished pics outside like I wanted. But I’m happy

 

[Ncreefer]

Should be plenty strong. Looks good

 

[Greybeard]

1.5" 11 gauge tube steel

Sandblasted, powder coated gloss black, plywood top, custom paint, oak trim, 1/4" clear bar top acrylic...

 

[cane]

Very nice