Need Ideas on 60 gal Cube Extra Space

[Manny'sReef]

Hi all. I have a 60 gal cube with a sump that takes up most of the space under the tank. I have three dosing 1.5 L containers in there as well. The dosing pump is on a shelf. I'm looking to add another cabinet next to the stand with a hole to connect an ATO, Apex and a chaeto reactor and hopefully a little more space for future use.

Does anyone have any pictures of any build similar to what I'm looking to do? I was thinking maybe the top could have hinges to open a space where I could set up the Apex. Any ideas with pictures would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks.

 

[cmcoker]

Ate you looking for it to look similar to your stand or look like a piece of furniture?

I use an IKEA cabinet to house my profilux and lighting controller/drivers https://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/90333938/
They come in different shapes and colors

 

[Manny'sReef]

Ate you looking for it to look similar to your stand or look like a piece of furniture?

I use an IKEA cabinet to house my profilux and lighting controller/drivers https://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/90333938/
They come in different shapes and colors

I'm looking to make it look like a piece of furniture if I can't find something I can buy. Thanks.

 

[Surfzone]

I have a 60 cube where my sump takes like all the floor space under the tank I bought a really cheap book shelf from the wal-mart to house dry foods additives and basic aquarium tools as well as my 2 part DDR . all of this is in the left side of the tank on the other side I have all my apex and ecotech drivers mounted to a DIY board. Also on that side is a closet that I use to hide the 20 gallon ATO res.
Here is the neptune and ecotech board to the right is the closet

This is the ATO res

The cheap bookshelf

and the full tank

I hope this helps a little with ideas.

 

[TysTanks]

Here’s my setup. Apex is in the ikea cabinet.
ATO resevoir next to it is just a nice collapsible storage box with a 5g standard tank. Hope this helps

 

[Manny'sReef]

Here’s my setup. Apex is in the ikea cabinet.
ATO resevoir next to it is just a nice collapsible storage box with a 5g standard tank. Hope this helps

Thanks for the pic. Can you show the inside of the cabinet/box to see how you did it?

 

[Manny'sReef]

I have a 60 cube where my sump takes like all the floor space under the tank I bought a really cheap book shelf from the wal-mart to house dry foods additives and basic aquarium tools as well as my 2 part DDR . all of this is in the left side of the tank on the other side I have all my apex and ecotech drivers mounted to a DIY board. Also on that side is a closet that I use to hide the 20 gallon ATO res.
Here is the neptune and ecotech board to the right is the closet

This is the ATO res

The cheap bookshelf

and the full tank

I hope this helps a little with ideas.

Thank you so much. If you can take a pic from afar to see how it all sets up, that would be great.

 

[Elder1945 Verified Sponsor]

I am making something close to this to fit outside of my Reefer tank. It will be stand alone and fit all the extra "Stuff".. This one fit inside of a Reefer 450..

thumbnail 01 by Elder1945, on Flickr
thumbnail 02 by Elder1945, on Flickr

 

[TysTanks]

Thanks for the pic. Can you show the inside of the cabinet/box to see how you did it?

It’s not very pretty to be honest. If I had a slightly bigger cabinet, I’d build a false wall in the center and then mount everything and hide the cords behind. I think you mentioned it, but it would be great to have hinges on the top to go along with the front cabinet door.

 

[Manny'sReef]

It’s not very pretty to be honest. If I had a slightly bigger cabinet, I’d build a false wall in the center and then mount everything and hide the cords behind. I think you mentioned it, but it would be great to have hinges on the top to go along with the front cabinet door.

Yeah, I think that's what I'm going to do. I have to sit down and really think about the dimensions and how it all would work out. Thanks for your input.

 

[Manny'sReef]

I am making something close to this to fit outside of my Reefer tank. It will be stand alone and fit all the extra "Stuff".. This one fit inside of a Reefer 450..

thumbnail 01 by Elder1945, on Flickr
thumbnail 02 by Elder1945, on Flickr

Wow. Looks like a super cool coke machine.