Hurgoth
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I have been wanting to jump back in since my tank crashed earlier this year, but decided to wait until our baby was born. Well, now a month has passed and this baby business is a piece of cake (since I'm not the one breast feeding ). This weekend I went into the garage to take inventory of what I have. I've had this drilled 10 gallon tank for about 2 years and I never got around to setting it up. Since I am trying to trade my other two tanks for another setup, I decided to move forward with the 10 gallon.
The goal of this project is to not spend any money and set something up using the spare parts and materials laying around in the garage. I see this stool collecting dust. I popped off the top, gave it a quick sanding, and sprayed some primer. Ignore the mess I made on the garage floor.
The tank is obviously larger than the stand, but I think it gives it a neat "overhang" effect. I decide to put some wood underneath the tank for support. The tank is now the perfect height to be next to the couch. I never liked our end tables anyway (don't tell the Mrs).
So far so good. But what can I get to fit in this stand?
Pretzel containers from Costco! I knew I was saving these for a reason. I am going to use one to hold some live rock for biological filtration, and the bottom one for the return pump.
One container fits perfectly on the bottom shelf of the stool, but the top shelf is a little short. Time to cut.
I grab some spare bulkheads and do some drilling.
Next, I finish building the middle shelf, make a quick overflow for the live rock tank, and get this:
What I find amusing is that the San Fransisco Pretzel company is located here in San Clemente. Random.
The goal of this project is to not spend any money and set something up using the spare parts and materials laying around in the garage. I see this stool collecting dust. I popped off the top, gave it a quick sanding, and sprayed some primer. Ignore the mess I made on the garage floor.
The tank is obviously larger than the stand, but I think it gives it a neat "overhang" effect. I decide to put some wood underneath the tank for support. The tank is now the perfect height to be next to the couch. I never liked our end tables anyway (don't tell the Mrs).
So far so good. But what can I get to fit in this stand?
Pretzel containers from Costco! I knew I was saving these for a reason. I am going to use one to hold some live rock for biological filtration, and the bottom one for the return pump.
One container fits perfectly on the bottom shelf of the stool, but the top shelf is a little short. Time to cut.
I grab some spare bulkheads and do some drilling.
Next, I finish building the middle shelf, make a quick overflow for the live rock tank, and get this:
What I find amusing is that the San Fransisco Pretzel company is located here in San Clemente. Random.