The Making Of A 450 Stand And Tank
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Here we go.
First I decided to use wood over steel. I know steel is lighter but I am not a welder. Also, I don't care much about the weight because if we can move a 450 gallon tank then I am sure we can move the stand
So now that we are going to use wood that means that we are going to need Gorilla Glue. NOTE, please use gloves, and if you get it on your hands, washing it will do nothing as it is water proof! lesson learned.
As you can see on the board, I have the base being glued now. and on the blue can you can see the support beams that will hold the 6,000 lbs.
The wood is 2 3/4 4x8 sheets from home depot.
2x 13.00 = 26.00
1 bottle glue 14.00
i box gloves 5.00
Support Total $45.00 not bad.
Note, every board is 3/4 inches glued to make 1.5 inches total.
The base on the board are 4 inches tall by 8ft. I have 4 of these 2 for the bottom and 2 for the top
The support beams are 10 4in x 36 inches boards.
they will be set up as L's on each corner so that will be a total of 4.
(remember each one of the 4 beams is 4 3/4 boards glued to make 2 then glued to make 1 L.
I will upload images of this in the next few days. Today is sanding so the edges are flush.
First I decided to use wood over steel. I know steel is lighter but I am not a welder. Also, I don't care much about the weight because if we can move a 450 gallon tank then I am sure we can move the stand
So now that we are going to use wood that means that we are going to need Gorilla Glue. NOTE, please use gloves, and if you get it on your hands, washing it will do nothing as it is water proof! lesson learned.
As you can see on the board, I have the base being glued now. and on the blue can you can see the support beams that will hold the 6,000 lbs.
The wood is 2 3/4 4x8 sheets from home depot.
2x 13.00 = 26.00
1 bottle glue 14.00
i box gloves 5.00
Support Total $45.00 not bad.
Note, every board is 3/4 inches glued to make 1.5 inches total.
The base on the board are 4 inches tall by 8ft. I have 4 of these 2 for the bottom and 2 for the top
The support beams are 10 4in x 36 inches boards.
they will be set up as L's on each corner so that will be a total of 4.
(remember each one of the 4 beams is 4 3/4 boards glued to make 2 then glued to make 1 L.
I will upload images of this in the next few days. Today is sanding so the edges are flush.
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Would like to get some input on the pump I am going to order.
The tank will have 2 overflows.
it will be 8ft long 24 inches wide and 36 inches tall
The overflows will be 1 1/2 inches each with 2 3/4 returns each.
Any ideas on the pump speed that will be good? This tank will be a reef tank for sps and corals as well as stones. I have just got in today 1 Current USA 1 HP chiller to keep the temp down. I also got 3 400W metal halide setups in today with the reflectors.
Nothing else on order as of now. Waiting for feedback.
The tank will have 2 overflows.
it will be 8ft long 24 inches wide and 36 inches tall
The overflows will be 1 1/2 inches each with 2 3/4 returns each.
Any ideas on the pump speed that will be good? This tank will be a reef tank for sps and corals as well as stones. I have just got in today 1 Current USA 1 HP chiller to keep the temp down. I also got 3 400W metal halide setups in today with the reflectors.
Nothing else on order as of now. Waiting for feedback.
I am not sure you really want to do wood. Do you know 1 gallon water is about 8 pound that means you will have at least 3600 pounds of water in your tank and which equal to 1.8 tons than plus rock, sand and other equipment you are looking at least 2 tons. are you willing to put that much weight on the wood? Another thing to think about is wood get wet and will change shape and rod , with 2 tons of weigt sit on wood stand? That is like put a small car on top of wood stand would you do that? Just my $0.02.
dennisdeng2002
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Make sure you clamp the wood tight when using gorilla glue, if not it will foam up and expand and the wood might not be straight anymore.
Dave,
Thanks for the reply. I have the 450 now on a stand that i built back in Nov and it is running already. Same type of wood but this time I am going 2 inches more on the base and 2 inches wider on the beams. Just for the sake of it. The tank is holding just fine from when it was installed in November.
I had help on the first one by a master in the woodworking game.
The wood I am using is presses glued boards, this is stronger then reg wood. Also they said I only need 4 not 6 boards, they said the ends needs supports only. I still put support in the middle just for the sake of it.
Thanks for the reply. I have the 450 now on a stand that i built back in Nov and it is running already. Same type of wood but this time I am going 2 inches more on the base and 2 inches wider on the beams. Just for the sake of it. The tank is holding just fine from when it was installed in November.
I had help on the first one by a master in the woodworking game.
The wood I am using is presses glued boards, this is stronger then reg wood. Also they said I only need 4 not 6 boards, they said the ends needs supports only. I still put support in the middle just for the sake of it.
