Show Off Your Custom Wood Canopies and Stands

[kathy rose]

All credit on the stand build goes to Kevin Koplen in Ark. He does amazing work. He only took him a few weeks to do the build. I am very happy with it. The doors and trim match the kitchen cabinets and the fireplace. Also, love the hidden door on the end.

I was just wondering if this gentleman Kevin Koplen still does wood work? Could you give contact info for him? Thanks

 

[NeptuneGarden]

8' long 300 gallon. Gone now, but was a great tank. Sadly lost the pics of it filled on a hard drive crash

 

[wmgettys]

heres my 120 stand and canopy.i built it out of red oak.doors still need to be polyed.

How do you keep your ATI cool in your canopy? Even with venting and auxiliary fans I've had issues.

 

[Dan Larsen]

Still a work in progress but I'm getting there !

 

[Lukelebeau]

Not really a good picture of the stand...but just wanted to share with you guys!

 

[dromonk]

My 80 phone camera sucks I'll get better pics when back home sides hold ato on left and all electronics and controllers on right

 

[usernam invalid]

Here's my 120g SPS

Build thread
120g SPS display 300g system

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...&share_tid=225542&share_fid=1020&share_type=t

 

[Salt-Lick]

Absolutely amazing setups so far. This is my 90 gallon I set up 3 months ago. Thanks for looking!

 

[dbl]

I'll play along and share a few that I've done.

First is my peninsula right after completion. All panels are removable...





This is a mobile QT/Frag system I recently set up...



And a couple more examples of stands I built for friends...I build, they paint or stain...my generosity only goes so far...lol.

 

[davocean]

Cool thread, lots of nice cabinets and hoods!
This is mine, self made (I'm a carpenter) my octopus cabinet.

 

[davocean]

And here's the same cabinet after I downsized from a 5' tank to 4', so I took 6" off each side, so this is my present 120g it sits on.

 

[domination2580]

And here's the same cabinet after I downsized from a 5' tank to 4', so I took 6" off each side, so this is my present 120g it sits on.

How dod u do the design?

 

[Phil Cusimano]

I like to dabble in the art of woodworking once in awhile, and I love browsing through threads where people have posted up pictures of their custom wood stands. I did some digging, but evidently we don't have one, so I thought I'd get one started. So lets see some pictures of those custom wooden canopies and stands.

Great idea, and in a day or so I'll start posting my custom built stand and canopy. Funny, I was planning to stain mine white ... instead of the traditional stain colors. As I scroll thru some of the pictures I noticed I wasn't alone in my thinking

 

[Phil Cusimano]

Here's a pic of the stand & canopy I built for my 180 last summer.

And some progress pics from the build...

This is one of my favorites! Very nice build! For what it's worth!

 

[Errattiq]

125 gallon, 40" tall stand and custom canopy with Amazonian rainforest wood used in the canopy fish art. I can't take credit for that piece but the guy I bought it from showed me he payed $250 for that one plank! . I put in an LED strip lit electronics section to protect the expensive stuff from splashing. I also put in a door on the opposite side of the stand for easy access to my UV. The left third of the stand now has Home Depot style adjustable shelving for dry goods storage... Really helps out because those 40" of height are maximized and I keep everything off the stand's floor other than of course the sump

 

[jgvergo]

 

[Yakashka]

Marineland 250 gallon deep demension. Budget build!

 

[davocean]

How dod u do the design?

I cut that out by hand using a jig saw.

 

[domination2580]

I cut that out by hand using a jig saw.

That's awesome wish i could do that

 

[Shannon Harlan]

Here a shelf my hubby built to hang my mh from still waiting on him to build my new stand