Lets See some DIY Tank Stands

[shovelrider]

 

[Genesis Corals]

Very basic stand using 4 x 4 and 2 x 4 and painted white. My wife wanted an open look and I wanted the plumbing through the wall into the laundry room, we both won.

 

[TJ's Reef]

OK I'll play, here is a couple pics of mine and can get more details from Build Thread in my signature at bottom.

When first setup 12/2011


Showing doors open and magnetically attached end panels removed during initial fill


Hardwood framing, no 2x4's or 2x6's


End Panel detail and blind magnet holds on inside



Beading detail for inset doors



Will start my matching Canopy build here shortly

Cheers, Todd

 

[55g]

Amazing tank build on YouTube: Search for kwdelre there some really good ideas...

 

[nly04]

I made mine stand at 40" high, this's right at my view when I stand up. Three side with doors for easier to maintenance.

 

[vwcrash]

65 gal stand and canopy. 43" tall stand. 12" tall canopy. 29 gal sump reef breeders led

 

[chandler]

My castle frag tank stand. I built out of boredom.

Doors, top and bottom are 3/4" solid mahogany.

cross accent trim work.

floating crown canopy

Canopy accent lights

 

[baadbay]

29 gl

75 long

new 40 breeder Pensacola style still in progress

 

[nanoreef1]

OK I'll play, here is a couple pics of mine and can get more details from Build Thread in my signature at bottom.

When first setup 12/2011


Showing doors open and magnetically attached end panels removed during initial fill


Hardwood framing, no 2x4's or 2x6's


End Panel detail and blind magnet holds on inside



Beading detail for inset doors



Will start my matching Canopy build here shortly

Cheers, Todd

Very nice stand! Love the tank too! What kind of tank is that? Looks nice!

 

[scastillo813]

Curtie, I liked your stand so much that I designed mine very closely to yours.
It's almost done.

 

[YodaHart]

Is this enough room? This is a 4 foot 120 gallon with a 9 foot wide stand

My "wet" cabinet

Here you can see all the room I have underneath. The left side is my electrical and the right is the wet stuff

 

[general0]

Here is my latest stand build:

Most of the pieces to the puzzle


Test fitting the sump and equipment:



Painted the inside with Kilz primer (don't silicone the seams till after you have painted!):



Adding trim:




Painted the exterior and tank on stand (bad choice in using oil based paint):

 

[Diamond1]

This is really cool nice job!

 

[nanoreef1]

Bump let's see them guys!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Here is the stand and canopy I built for my 180.

Here's the matching stand for my 120. Still gotta build the new canopy.

And lastly, here's the stand I built for my JBJ nano frag tank.

 

[castires]

Here's my current setup.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

 

[MounteeFrag]

Following along to get ideas.

 

[geef64]

Here is my stand i started today for my 125RR tank hope to install this weekend

2x6 top frame
2x4 legs with 2x6 covering front legs
2x4 bottom frame
36" opening in front for easy access
36" tall
And skinned with old barn wood.
Just need to add finish