DIY corner pentagon tank stand ideas

Octoreef215 · Dec 8, 2019

Hey everyone looking to build a stand for my new to me tank, I acquired a 215g corner tank and planning on building a steel stand and was wondering people’s thoughts and if anyone has had experience building one.
Here are some sketch ups, plan on using
2 1/2 x 1 1/2 rectangle tubing 11 gauge steel.

Flippers4pups · Dec 8, 2019

bblumberg · Dec 9, 2019

My 75g pentagon stand was built by Willie at Ocean Marine Sales. See the pix in this thread starting at post #8

How to wrap steal stand?

Hi guys, I have this steel stand that I want to wrap and I have no clue on how to go about it. Do you guys have any recommendations and maybe pics of what you have done?

www.reef2reef.com

Willie used angle iron for mine which saved quite a bit of space under the stand. The wood wrap is also self-standing and slides in and out. I really like this stand a lot.

You sure that tank is 215g? A rectangle with those dimensions (39.5 x 39.5 x 30) is ~200g...

Octoreef215 · Dec 9, 2019

bblumberg said:
My 75g pentagon stand was built by Willie at Ocean Marine Sales. See the pix in this thread starting at post #8

How to wrap steal stand?

Hi guys, I have this steel stand that I want to wrap and I have no clue on how to go about it. Do you guys have any recommendations and maybe pics of what you have done?

www.reef2reef.com

Willie used angle iron for mine which saved quite a bit of space under the stand. The wood wrap is also self-standing and slides in and out. I really like this stand a lot.

You sure that tank is 215g? A rectangle with those dimensions (39.5 x 39.5 x 30) is ~200g...

Thank you I will take a look.
Yea those pictures are sketch’s of the stand the tank is 4 foot tall.

Octoreef215 · Dec 9, 2019

Octoreef215 said:
Thank you I will take a look.
Yea those pictures are sketch’s of the stand the tank is 4 foot tall.

Ebslinger · Dec 9, 2019

11 gauge (close to 1/8 inch) wall thickness is a pain to weld... at least for me.

The last stand I built was 2 inch x 2 inch 3/8 wall thickness.

just my two cents. I got better penetration with the thicker material. The thinner stuff I was burning through. But I'm not a professional welder. Just a hobbyist.