[Jess123]

After the birth of my daughter, I was overwhelmed trying to keep 9 tanks(4 high tech) I took everything down with the exception of two tanks one riparium and one low tech tank too hold 1-2 of each plant species.

I've kept everything from nano tanks too large tanks. Ive always wanted a 40b but never had one. My plan is too just have 1 really nice 40b I've been collecting stuff for this build for a while now.

I started building my stand this week. Here's where I'm at.

I will be doing more work on it this week and I will post updates as I go. Thanks for looking! Enjoy!

 

[BHolmes]

That stand is a tank!

 

[Jess123]

Yeah it may be slightly overbuilt, but I wanted to make it sturdier than the average stand. Most of them tend to have some flex. I put 600lbs on it(2 of my larger friends) and it didn't budge. Tomorow I'm going to start skinning the sides with tongue and groove knotty pine paneling.

 

[Jess123]

Only had a little bit of time to work on the stand today. I cut some 1/8" ply and nailed it down to even out everything with the strong ties and screw heads

 

[Jess123]

A little more progress today

 

[Jess123]

Taking a break for now, hopefully I will have the doors built and hung by the rest of the night.

 

[Bruce_S]

Looks like it's going to be a real beauty!

~B.

 

[flight50]

Nice stand there. Looks good and sturdy. I am sure the braces cost more than the wood or close to it. It would look just as good if it wasn't skinned. It has a nice industrial style to it with brackets being visible.

I like redundancy when it comes to a tank stand. If you look at it from the stand point that would prefer your tank staying on its stand or on the floor, its a no brainier.

 

[Jess123]

I also really liked the idea of and industrial style stand, if I didnt have a 16 month old running around I probably would have gone that route.

Yeah the braces may have been overkill. I stole the frame design from someone's 40b reef build I saw while googling, that stand looked really nice and simple so I replicated the frame. I'm in to the whole stand roughly 220$ the brackets ran me around 75$ of that, I had no idea they were so expensive until I got to home depot with my list. I was not exactly thrilled when they rang everything up, I think it will be worth it though.

 

[Jess123]

I need to straighten the knobs out and put a floor in, probably some more trim/moulding work. But I'm calling it a night on this.

Edit: I straightened the knob

 

[Jess123]

And the tank is in place!

 

[tizzite]

Great craftsmanship!

And that manzanita is out of this world. so gnarly

 

[anwin8D]

Very nice! You're so handy.

 

[lamiskool]

I really love that manzy you got! It looks epic.

 

[mosspearl]

That is a terrific cabinet.

 

[hisxlency]

nice work. Where did you score the manzy?

 

[Roshan8768]

Great start, and nice work on the stand! Also that wood is awesome

 

[Jess123]

nice work. Where did you score the manzy?

eBay

 

[Jess123]

Finished the top,trim,bottom moulding,and the floor. Now I get to puddy sand and seal.

 

[accordztech]

Very strong stand. VERY strong.