150G Rebuild.

[OkR33Fer]

With the soon coming change to a new larger tank It looks like Cyndi is going to be taking the 150 to her work and will be upgrading from her 55g. With that in mind the stand has to be made tamper resistant so that customer and thier kids can not gain access to the sump or any equipment.

Also in this time frame Justin was looking for a stand for his newly aquired 150. Killing two birds with one stone, I sold the stand and canopy to him and got started on a new one to hold the tank in it's new home.

Thanks go out to Greg for his help and his gracious wife for allowing me to use thier driveway and tools to get this thing done.

 

[OkR33Fer]

 

[OkR33Fer]

 

[scott0615]

Good god man...are you building a stand for an aquarium or finding a place to park a truck?

 

[GregC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13760239#post13760239 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scott0615
Good god man...are you building a stand for an aquarium or finding a place to park a truck?

Its called sleep without worry!! Yes it will hold a tank!

 

[pwhitby]

A sherman tank, yes

 

[TimV]

Man, I thought I was the king of overbuilding stands

T

 

[eddybabyhd]

conserve the reefs, but the heck with the forests!!!!

Good lord, lumber must have volume discounts

 

[OkR33Fer]

I gaurantee I never have to worry about it holding.

 

[eddybabyhd]

"the guarantee is on the box!"

sorry Tony, it does look good, I will share with you my concerns elsewhere.

 

[Azenda]

Amazing Stand

 

[jnsnams]

yea...ok when can I pick up my stand...eager to get my 150 reef ready going..LoL

 

[pwhitby]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13760311#post13760311 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pwhitby
A sherman tank, yes

sorry Tony, i couldnt resist...

it looks great. what are you skinning with?

might i suggest you add back the edge of the piece you cut for the overflows to support all the tank edge.

keep the pictures coming.

p.

 

[OkR33Fer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13760778#post13760778 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pwhitby
sorry Tony, i couldnt resist...

it looks great. what are you skinning with?

might i suggest you add back the edge of the piece you cut for the overflows to support all the tank edge.

keep the pictures coming.

p.

It's definitely built like a brick poop house. Adding a piece back on both of those was something I noticed I needed to do after I got home when I was resizing pictures. It will be fixed before the tank goes on.

It won't be skinned untill we set it up at Cyndi's work. So I have some time to decided exactly how/what I want to do. I am leaving the back open and most likely it will be a completely removable front panel without doors to keep things more secure.

 

[OkR33Fer]

And now the new canopy sits on top.

 

[Cyn_D]

makes the tank look so much smaller though

 

[OkR33Fer]

Only in the pictures. It makes it seem huge in person.

 

[Krbekk]

Looking good "T"!

 

[mtiknoles]

Awesome job!! Let's go buy some wood and do mine next! We can fire up the grill and have some beverages too!

 

[OkR33Fer]

When ever you're ready Tonya. Tell Eric to have it ready to go next weekend.