Lets See some DIY Tank Stands

[SloppyJ]

How did you apply the varnish? Did you have to sand between coats or anything?

Sorry for the late reply! Yes, I sanded between coats and I applied it with a good brush.

 

[scason]

Here our build. Still in progress. Been a family project getting all the kids included.

 

[_Alex_]

I did this one other night about an hour. Basically took a diy 90 gal stand down to fit a 30 cube. Planning on skinning and staining.

 

[vtecintegra]

My t-slot.

 

[vtecintegra]

Some more.

 

[New2dareef]

My work in progress.

 

[prsnlty]

Very nice, new2dareef!

 

[prsnlty]

My 180g peninsula still in progress... the column closest to the wall pulls out. It has 3 shelves for testing supplies and additives plus a section for brushes and nets. Need to get a pic of it.

 

[ski1870]

I have a 120 gal tank on the pine stand it came with. The tank is full and I need to replace the sump system below. It can not be removed without taking the center brace board that seperates the doors. Is it safe to remove this board while I remove it, then replace and resecure the board???

 

[glb]

These all look great! For those of you without a middle brace in the front, how did you attach your doors? I've been studying the furniture I have like that and they have a piece of wood glued behind the middle side of the door so the other door has something to rest on and so there's no gaps. How did you do it?

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Wow these are some great stands and canopies!

 

[x_burt]

Cool thread!

 

[a4edwin]

Why’d this stop?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Let's revive this one again!

 

[TK_KW]

Let's revive this one again!

I'll play. Stand for my 220. Enough room to easily fit 100g sump below

 

[Willhersh34]

Stand after initial build


Stand up close


Stand and tank


Inner stand is built with 2 x 4's. Inside is painted with Killz in egg white to help with vision under tank. Outside is skinned with 1/4" birch sheeting. Panted with polyurethane based spray paint, courtesy of my wife. Sheeting was attached with simple finish nails and liquid nails. Supports are secured with stainless steel deck screws (wood screws heads strip too easily) and with liquid nails. I countersunk all the screws but did not fill in the sink holes as I knew I was covering that with sheeting.

Now...........do I need the liquid nails AND the deck screws? Absolutely unnecessary. However, a pesky spouse questioning the strength..........yeah, I did that to appease her. This thing is so overbuilt I'm pretty sure it would hold, say, one of those 2 door Fiat mini wagon grocery getter deals.

And I did make a mistake. I have about 3" width front to back on the top. I forgot to account for the width of the 2 x 4's when I built the cross bracers. It worked out OK as that gave me built in "cable management" (IT nerd shows his head again!). All in all this turned out good for my first stand build, with 2 takeaways: size the cross braces correctly and build the stand slightly higher for more room underneath for components/sump/ato res. I will also be adding LED strips for extra understand lighting but that's minor.

 

[flagg37]

These are all the panels

Assembled

Stained

Inside

With door

Open