Your gonna want to find the straightest pieces out of the bunch. Some are so bad a table saw won’t correct it. If you do the standard design a lot of the vertical peices sit flush against another so it pays to find straight lumber.
I went with 2x4 on my 120. 4 feet wide no centerbrace. Love it! feels solid all around. Three years old holding strong
im going 8 feet with center braces. im adding my lifereef refugium and ato to it instead of having it sit on the floor.
Wish I made mine a little bigger. I went with the dimensions of the tank and it looks good but I’ve seen some cooler stands hah with shelf space I could have benefited from.
What a tank tho! Came out cleeeeanMy tank is a 125 and I built my stand from 2x6 and it seems way stronger than it needs to be. If I were to start over I would very likely choose to use 2x4s.
do you have a finished picture?
I’ll see what I got on the old build thread here
i actuallu like the rustic look. although the only thing I don't like are the doors. I think I would of done something different with it.I finished mine by “skinning” it with old wood from pallets. I actually dislike the way it looks, plus I should’ve made it taller and a bigger than the tank, but it was a learning lesson.
Finish carpentry is not my strong suite, but it looks okay enough and it was cheap. That is the only advantage of going with a rustic look is that any imperfections add character, for instance my cat uses it as a scratching post and I don’t even care.
Skills dude!I finished mine by “skinning” it with old wood from pallets. I actually dislike the way it looks, plus I should’ve made it taller and a bigger than the tank, but it was a learning lesson.
Finish carpentry is not my strong suite, but it looks okay enough and it was cheap. That is the only advantage of going with a rustic look is that any imperfections add character, for instance my cat uses it as a scratching post and I don’t even care.
I thought they were barn doors at first sight. Which would go well with that look but maybe not with that size door idk
Would never expect 2x6 behind those pallet planks haha I dig itI finished mine by “skinning” it with old wood from pallets. I actually dislike the way it looks, plus I should’ve made it taller and a bigger than the tank, but it was a learning lesson.
Finish carpentry is not my strong suite, but it looks okay enough and it was cheap. That is the only advantage of going with a rustic look is that any imperfections add character, for instance my cat uses it as a scratching post and I don’t even care.
