aquarium stand in raw industrial style

[pweifan]

Originally Posted by AnotherHobby

Cool! Interesting take on it. I'm still not sure if I'm going to do doors or a curtain down below on mine, but the doors look good. I like how you did the lights too.

I recently made an integrated support for my CO2 cylinder. It supports the tank and keeps it from falling over, and it lowers it down so I can see the gauges easier.

I really like this idea! It goes quite nicely and it's functional.

[AnotherHobby]

Originally Posted by golfer_d

I may also go with a modified version of this. Not as long as she built it but I think I could fit my 10 gallon on it as well as my planted bowl. Of course I would need some cross beams under the top if my 10 gallon tank was not resting directly on corners of the stand.

http://ana-white.com/2012/05/plans/rustic-x-console

I think those pics give you a pretty good idea of what it'd look like. IMHO that looks pretty darn good.

[golfer_d]

I think my reservations are whatever I build looking crappy (first time trying something like this) and it holding the weight of the 10 gallon (without the corners being directly on the legs of the stand).

[BoxxerBoyDrew]

All these stands are FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!!

AnotherHobby, One of the Big Box pet stores, I think PetCo, has a "clamp light" that is Black with a white interior and has a ceramic bulb holder, and they look VERY NICE!!! They are not nearly as big around as the "shop" type clamp lights, but I believe they are 6" in diameter. I am not sure how big around those Par38 led bulbs are, but IF they would fit in the fixtures I am talking about they would look AWESOME with your stand design!!!

I will see if I can find a link and PM it to ya!

Again GREAT WORK EVERYONE!!!
Drew

[AnotherHobby]

Originally Posted by BoxxerBoyDrew

All these stands are FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!!

AnotherHobby, One of the Big Box pet stores, I think PetCo, has a "clamp light" that is Black with a white interior and has a ceramic bulb holder, and they look VERY NICE!!! They are not nearly as big around as the "shop" type clamp lights, but I believe they are 6" in diameter. I am not sure how big around those Par38 led bulbs are, but IF they would fit in the fixtures I am talking about they would look AWESOME with your stand design!!!

Thanks for the tip!

I know the lights you are talking about. I actually have them bookmarked in case I decide to go down the PAR38 route. I don't know if they are deep enough, so I was going to check them out in person.

[pweifan]

I'm not picturing therse lights. Could you post a link, please?

[hydrophyte]

I put my mangrove riparium setup on a new one of these stands. I built it using just 2X4s and I painted the wood a barn red color, which contrasts really nicely with the galvanized. I'll try to get pictures of the whole thing soon.

[Aquaticus]

Originally Posted by sdylanh

Finally figured out how to make the pictures work...

This stand looks amazing. I love Hydrophyte's design, but my wife wants something enclosed. Best of both worlds!

[creekbottom]

This is a fantastically simple and great looking stand idea. Do you KNOW how difficult it is to find those RTC42 connectors?! None of the big box stores up here carry them, connectorsonly.com will ship for almost double the price of the product! I finally found a lumber yard that would special order them for me. Definitely the most expensive part of this build.

Does anyone have pics of this stand built with 2x4 legs. I can get those connectors anywhere, go figure...