The stand is not going to be ready for a few days, but I'm anxious to go ahead and set it up. What would the harm be in just filling it up in the floor? Could it be loss of heat? Would it really be that bad?

It's going on carpet.

Let me know what you guys think. Thanks.

your going to have a hell of a time lifting it too the stand if you fill it, Pending on it's size and then there's the chance to slop water all over the floor, I would not reccoment doing that

When I move it to a stand i'm going to move the water to buckets. Theres no way I could lift 500 lbs of water. I can't even move my 10 gallon. That would definitely be an exercise in futility. It's going to be a temp setup so I can get it running. Then move everything to buckets, put it on the stand, and then put everything back in.

I don't see any issues with having a tank running on the floor, as long as everything's level. :)

I would think it'd be a pain (just a bother) to move it onto a stand later. But if you're willing... ;)

Speaking from experience (I just moved one of my 10g's OFF the floor today)... it's a royal pain in the butt! Don't do it if your stand is comming anytime in the next few weeks. For one thing, you can't really cyphon the water out of the tank, you have to hand-scoop it out, which means you'll be left with about 15-20% of the water still in the tank even after you've drained all you can easily get to... which will make a 40g tank VERY heavy. :o

Believe me when I say it is SO much easier to deal with a tank that is off the floor.

just wait i had to do the same thing very frustrating

It's doing great in the floor. I'm hoping to build the stand by tomorrow. I'll drain all the water out of it with my 1000gph pump ;) and then I'll move it up to the stand and put the water back in the same way, more than likely.

Chuckle. Not easy waiting, is it... oh yeah, it gets you started on the cycle, but it's more exciting to get it started period, than to stare at an empty tank. :)

EXACTLY. Impatient should be my middle name. I was just dying to get my 40 gallon ready. It's the biggest tank I've ever had. I'm used to smaller tanks.

Just to let you know, I moved it to a stand last night, and it only took me an hour to drain the water, put it on the stand, and fill it back up. I cut the top off of a gallon jug and used it to take the water out and put it back in. Carrying the 5 gallon bucket back and forth was the hardest part. All in all, not too bad though.

well done how is it looking now

If I had that problem, I would have used my shop vac. That is how I plan on cleaning my pond this year. Got any pics? You should have some by now I would think. Don't feel bad, I am very impatient here too! Join the club!