36" tank on a 48" stand idea

[riche]

I saw a DIY stand on here a few years ago when they made the stand longer in width then the actual tank,

I am thinking of building A Custom stand, 40 breeder tank but have the stand 48" wide. Reason I want to do this is one it give more room underneath and two it looks different then just a typical stand.

I am thinking of doing it with 3/4" ply with no center brace, but frame out the corners and top Frt and back with 2x4's for added strength.

Anything I should do it i do this or does this sound ok>

 

[TX_REEF]

You should be good, a 40 breeder doesn’t need a center brace with 2x4

 

[Dom]

I saw a DIY stand on here a few years ago when they made the stand longer in width then the actual tank,

I am thinking of building A Custom stand, 40 breeder tank but have the stand 48" wide. Reason I want to do this is one it give more room underneath and two it looks different then just a typical stand.

I am thinking of doing it with 3/4" ply with no center brace, but frame out the corners and top Frt and back with 2x4's for added strength.

Anything I should do it i do this or does this sound ok>

I've built stands in this manner. It is a nice look. But for me, it just became a place for junk to accumulate.

 

[RocketEngineer]

Like this:

Note the inner frame.

Result:

 

[RocketEngineer]

The “junk”

 

[Cdavis66]

The “junk”

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