Custom built aquarium stand
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o2manyfish
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Go steel and find a local welder. I had a steel stand built for my 750g. We built it onsite. I wish it had been built off site to be powdercoated - But it was too big and heavy to move into the house.
So we built it on the back patio and put a couple of coats of bedliner on it.
Materials - Delivered - Were $660. Labor was $500
So we built it on the back patio and put a couple of coats of bedliner on it.
Materials - Delivered - Were $660. Labor was $500
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I know Glasscages makes aquarium stands....standard and custom. Joe is the guy you want to talk to. They are located in TN.
I'd also suggest you post on the local club website....njreefers.org. I know one member, @Hockeynut , was a custom cabinet maker and made a number of stands for club members....top notch builder. The issue is that I think he might have moved, but if he's still around, he lived in Jackson.
I'd also suggest you post on the local club website....njreefers.org. I know one member, @Hockeynut , was a custom cabinet maker and made a number of stands for club members....top notch builder. The issue is that I think he might have moved, but if he's still around, he lived in Jackson.
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Did you put a facade over it afterwards?Go steel and find a local welder. I had a steel stand built for my 750g. We built it onsite. I wish it had been built off site to be powdercoated - But it was too big and heavy to move into the house.
So we built it on the back patio and put a couple of coats of bedliner on it.
Materials - Delivered - Were $660. Labor was $500
o2manyfish
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Beautiful stand!Yes I had a cabinet maker come in and finish it in white formica.
Yeah honestly...
I had two metal stands built for my last two tanks (large frag and display tanks) by two different welders. Both came out great.
It's not really rocket science for a welder to put together.
I had two metal stands built for my last two tanks (large frag and display tanks) by two different welders. Both came out great.
It's not really rocket science for a welder to put together.
o2manyfish
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Thank you, appreciate it. It's what I always had planned in my head. And after 4 months of looking at a raw stand steel I was starting to worry how my final vision would come out. But it turned out great.
ReefEco
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Just keep in mind that if you are worried about warranty on your tank, most tank manufacturers void their warranties if they don't make the stand, so it can make sense to get the tank and stand at the same place. I'm sure welders know their trade, but there also might be some engineering considerations on a steel tank stand (especially one that size) that a tank manufacturer knows, and a welder might not. I got my 400g steel stand and tanks at AGE (Texas) - and the stand was killer, white powder coated, leveling legs, etc.
PotatoPig
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Hole cow. That. Is. A. Steal.Go steel and find a local welder. I had a steel stand built for my 750g. We built it onsite. I wish it had been built off site to be powdercoated - But it was too big and heavy to move into the house.
So we built it on the back patio and put a couple of coats of bedliner on it.
Materials - Delivered - Were $660. Labor was $500
No pun intended.
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o2manyfish
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o2manyfish
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The cabinetry is 4 separate pieces. It wasn't just "A" stand....
More than 2 Abyzz Pumps but not as much as 3
Dave B
More than 2 Abyzz Pumps but not as much as 3
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