I thought I would post up a few photos of a stand I'm building in case it might help someone with alternatives to the standard 2x4 construction method. I bought a 20 gallon high (24" x 12" x 16" high) at Petco's $1/gallon sale to use as a frag/miscellaneous tank. The stand will go in my study, so I wanted something that looked fairly nice but without spending too much time making it. No doors as I'm planning to use the inside of the stand to organize a bunch of clutter currently sitting around, and wanted it to look basically like a bookcase.
The stand is made from 3/4" maple plywood. Cost of 1 sheet was about $60 at home depot, plus another $20 or so for stain and poly to finish. I made the stand similar to the way that cabinets are made. Dados and glue, no screws. It's very solid, and this design could easily be scaled up to handle larger tanks.
Basic carcass went together in one day.
The stand is made from 3/4" maple plywood. Cost of 1 sheet was about $60 at home depot, plus another $20 or so for stain and poly to finish. I made the stand similar to the way that cabinets are made. Dados and glue, no screws. It's very solid, and this design could easily be scaled up to handle larger tanks.
Basic carcass went together in one day.