Show me Your Fancy STANDS!!!

[marioensf]

Mostly DIY prop tank+stand

 

[peppie]

Heres my 2 cents worth

 

[mnellis3023]

got some more finished.....

 

[pass1over]

 

[AfricaOffroad]

Very nice looking setup.
will be upgrading to a tank with similar dimensions (200x85x70) (80x34x28) and would appreciate your help with the following:
-Do you think going with a 75 cm (30 inches) height would still be manageable (in terms of being able to arrange corals on the lower levels?
-isn't 12mm a bit too thin for a tank this size? on my tank the builder is suggesting 15 or eevn 20mm?
-will you go with islands for scaping or will it be a rock wall that separates the two rooms from seing each other? and in that case do yo uthink going deeper would have allowed you a better scape from both sides or is 70cm enough?
Thanks.

Sorry for my delayed response, haven't checked the thread out for a few weeks now. Been working on the tank:dance:

To anwer your questions best as I can:
1) 70cm seems like a workable depth. I've got fairly long arms, but I reckon 75mm might be pushing it a bit when trying to work on the opposite side of my tank - I can only access from the kitchen side so to speak.
2) all the glass calculators tend to suggest that 12mm is a little thin. However talking to all the local tank builders, they were adament that it was fine. To compensate, I've gone for Euro as well as Centre bracing on top. Steel stand is very robust with the tank seating on a 18mm thick marine ply board, then styrene. I'll let you know if it all works when filling time comes:bigeyes: (I'm about a week away from W day)
3) I'm thinking of an island design, one bigger than the other. Will stick the rock down for stability and endevour to build to a height of 50cm.
4) Have to say, overall I'm happy with visual effect created by the 70cm depth. If I wanted a bigger Display Tank, I'd probably go for a wider, not deeper setup. I couldn't do that, given that I constructed the stand some 2 years earlier when building the house.

 

[itsmateo]

Everyones stands are great on here!

 

[yukondave]

Here's one I built about a year ago. Mostly copied a similiar build I found online, But modified to fit my needs.

Frag tank inside cabinet

 

[Create]

This thread is inspiring me to finish off my stand. Right now it is pretty bare

 

[tegee]

Here's one I built about a year ago. Mostly copied a similiar build I found online, But modified to fit my needs.

Frag tank inside cabinet

OUTSTANDING.....one of the BEST stands that I have seen. Great job.

 

[dca22anderson]

Nice stands

 

[Hdhuntr01]

 

[Lazylivin]

Boy those are some tuff acts to follow. WOW!

Here is my little build.

 

[Lazylivin]

Not sure if you can tell in the picture; poured a quart of fiberglass resin over the bottom piece of wood to water seal it.

 

[Lazylivin]

It was important to me to be able to slide the lights out of the way but not spend a fortune on a light mover. Total cost of project was $33.

Pocket Door replacement hardware kit. $10 at Lowes

All you need are these rollers

Pocket Door Track 66" $23 Lowes Special Order
Screw the track in the center of the canopy and slide the rollers in the track.

Mount the light to the rollers and wallah, sliding reflector.

 

[jumpingintosalt]

That is a great idea with the pocket door rollers. I really need to look into taking a carpentry class these tanks are awesome

 

[funkman262]

10 gallon tank with 10 gallon sump

Doors closed:

Doors open:

 

[Lazylivin]

I really need to look into taking a carpentry class these tanks are awesome

Best way to learn is jump in and do it.

 

[mario8402]

I love the two tone lazylivin.. came out great! Controller display looks awesome but you put alot more trust that you would have that RK2 longer than I would have lol. Hopefully you have growing room for when you decide on a different controller.

 

[Rhodes19]

Lazylivin,

I think your act will be tuff to follow. Nice! I think I'm going to take some pointers from your canopy and incorporate them into mine when I can get around to making it. I love how you made a cut out for your controller. Nice idea.

 

[metalhasrisen]

Here is mine. It's built around a 90 gallon tech tank. I'm working on an overall build document. I'll post it soon...