Show me your cool tank stand!

pingzing47 · Feb 23, 2016

My 58g reef stand I built out of solid oak.

cvicente · Feb 23, 2016

For a 120 gal

s2nhle · Feb 23, 2016

Nice. What kind of wood is it? marble?

cvicente · Feb 23, 2016

s2nhle said:
Nice. What kind of wood is it? marble?

Thanks, the stand is made out of 3/4" cedar plywood with black brush steel plastic laminate and solid surface (Corian) tops.

Tradewinds · Feb 23, 2016

Here's a mermaid stand I built.

s2nhle · Feb 24, 2016

Wow, very artistic. I love it.

caver · Feb 24, 2016

Wow great stands I think I may have to think mine lol

captainsmitty · Feb 24, 2016

Gasman said:
Lots of swearing involved.........it's all Red Oak with a DIY electric canopy lift.

OGFrenchHorn · Feb 24, 2016

Wow! So many awesome stands and systems!

revhtree · Feb 24, 2016

cvicente said:
For a 120 gal

I like this idea!

cvicente · Feb 25, 2016

revhtree said:
I like this idea!

Thanks ! The stand has two equipment cabinets on both sides, a lot of space for calcium reactor, ATO reserve, dosing pumps, battery backups, supplement bottles, etc. There are no doors on the front, just a removable panel. The construction is so sturdy that there is no need for a center brace below the aquarium, complete open space to work with the sump !

cvicente · Feb 25, 2016

revhtree said:
I like this idea!

This is another custom cabinet I made, it has recessed Apex display and modules / supplement cabinet.

cvicente · Feb 25, 2016

cvicente said:
Thanks ! The stand has two equipment cabinets on both sides, a lot of space for calcium reactor, ATO reserve, dosing pumps, battery backups, supplement bottles, etc. There are no doors on the front, just a removable panel. The construction is so sturdy that there is no need for a center brace below the aquarium, complete open space to work with the sump !

s2nhle · Feb 25, 2016

I like this stand. Very well thought.

glb · Feb 28, 2016

benapilot said:
This is my work in progress. I still have to build removable front and side panels that will be held magnetically.

Canopy

Front panel is magnetically held on

Nice! I've just finished a frame Using the same plan. Is that compartment on the left side of the tank for electronics? I've been trying to figure out where to put mine. If it is, could you tell me how you did it?

benapilot · Feb 29, 2016

Yes, it is. It's a 1/4" plywood panel with some 3/4" trim pieces nailed to the front leg and again to the top horizontal piece. I'll get some more pictures on here tonight or tomorrow when I get home.

BeastMode335i · Feb 29, 2016

Very inspiring tanks! I'm needing to make a canopy for the LED's I'm putting above my 55g and probably take some ideas from this thread!

Thanks!

benapilot · Mar 2, 2016

benapilot said:
Yes, it is. It's a 1/4" plywood panel with some 3/4" trim pieces nailed to the front leg and again to the top horizontal piece. I'll get some more pictures on here tonight or tomorrow when I get home.

Not much better than the pics I had before, but you can see where I'll hang my electronics...

This is still a work in progress...