rob's 215 gallon build

[rob1991]

 

[rob1991]

i picked up a 75 gallon tank lst night for a sump....

 

[rob1991]

i made a board for my ro/di unit to stick to for easy transport to the hose and back to the garage....

 

[rob1991]

here is the tank that i have yet to give a good cleaning to, hopefully that will be done soon!

 

[rob1991]

i am hoping to have the shell somewhat finished by tommorrow and def. by the end of sunday, i am planning on having it all done by the next weekend!

 

[rob1991]

ok some updates on the stand, i decided to not use 2x4's and i am going a different route, here are the first glimpses of the stand from 3 different angles......

 

[rob1991]

 

[rob1991]

B.T.W that car in the back is my first car! i just bought it saterday

 

[rob1991]

here are some views of the stand, which has now been reinforced, this view is of the bottom of the stand, soon i will flip it over and work on the top.....

 

[rob1991]

 

[Bamm Bamm]

I just took another look at the pics what exactly is it built out of plywood.?I'm trying to figure it out it looks very good I just hope it's strong enough your going to probably have more than a ton on top of it..

 

[rob1991]

yeah its plywood, i was going to reinforce it with 2x4's but i decided to just double layer it with the plywood which is shown in the 2nd set of stand pics, and i am still going to make some more supports.

 

[Bamm Bamm]

cool deal Be sure to test it well=)

 

[rob1991]

hahah i plan on it! i am kinda skeptical but my dad is very sure it will be fine lol, so we will see

 

[rob1991]

i water tested my sump....

 

[rob1991]

 

[rob1991]

these are for the built in overflows.

 

[rob1991]

i have been cleaning the tank in stages and i did a little more today but i still got a long way to go before its ready!

 

[leslie hempel]

very cool, huge potential here, cant wait to see some more..

 

[FUA]

nice work on the stand cant wait to see this thread progress