False Bottom, will this work?

[mpmistr]

I wasn't able to find any eggcrate at Menards this weekend but I did find this in my garage. It needs cleaned and I need to trim a bit off of it, but the width almost 25" which will fit in my tank perfect. I just need to take a bit off the front to make it fit.

Anywho, will this work?

[deranged chipmunk]

It serves the same purpose, so it would work. The reason for using eggcrate is weight. It is very light.


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[DigitalPunk]

Michael,

Mynards does have the egg crate. Ask an associate where the drop ceiling tiles are located (usually in the back of the store b the paint department). The egg crate is there just waiting for you to purchase it

[mpmistr]

I'll have to go back and check. In Home Depot they have it right where the lighting products are, I didn't realize they hide it in Menards lol..

Is there a benefit of it being lighter?

[DigitalPunk]

The Home Depot by me has them back by the drop ceiling stuff too. It makes sense to be back there with it, but some consistency would be nice lol. I think they are $12 - $13 at Mynards.

[LilyPad]

That's funny, when I asked for it at menards once, they looked at me like I had two heads and told me they didn't sell it.

[DigitalPunk]

Yeah I asked a guy at Menards also and he said they didn't have it. So I asked him where their Drop ceiling stuff was located. He pointed me to a back dark row and there it was lol. I took it back to him and showed him what I was talking about. He didn't care, but I felt vindicated :P

The benefit of the weight is it allows you to spend more of the "weight capacity" of your tank or hardscape and not a lot on the False Bottom. The weight is one of the reasons why i prefer the egg crate method over using Leca (clay balls) for a drainage layer.