Stand Build

[audiko4]

Hi All,

I'm new to the forum and taught I would share some pics of my stand build. This is a amateur project done on my spare time on the weekends, It took roughly 3 weekends to build. I still have to finish the doors but I taught I would share some pics and get some feed back. I was trying to replicate a perfecto monteray stand, my stand is 84 long x 24 wide x 36 tall and the materials were bought from lowes and home depot. The final cost of everything was around $350 and was built with 2x6 and 2x4 for the bottom shelf support, by no means i'm a professional carpenter or wood worker this was just a weekend project.

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[audiko4]

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[Altum Nut]

Hello audiko4 and welcome to Simply Discus.
I am no carpenter myself but have built a fair amount of aquarium stands. I would say you have done a spectacular job building that stand.
I'm guessing for a 150g 72" x 18" foot print?
Can't wait to see it all set-up.

...Ralph

[audiko4]

Hello audiko4 and welcome to Simply Discus.
I am no carpenter myself but have built a fair amount of aquarium stands. I would say you have done a spectacular job building that stand.
I'm guessing for a 150g 72" x 18" foot print?
Can't wait to see it all set-up.

...Ralph

Thanks Ralph, the stand will hold a perfecto 265 gallon reef ready aquarium. As soon as I get the tank home ill do some more updates, the weather in CT has been very unpredictable so i'm waiting for it to clear up to bring the tank home. I forgot to mention that in the front there are 2 2x6's in the middle between the doors to give vertical support.

[Kirbs]

Very nice job indeed! I'll have to come back to it for reference when I have to build my own!

[blueluv]

Nice stand build. It looks sturdy

[blueluv]

Very nice job indeed! I'll have to come back to it for reference when I have to build my own!

Heres a link that will help you out. Ricardo a member and moderator of this forum introduced it to me
http://neptunesneighborhood.com/stand.html

[audiko4]

Very nice job indeed! I'll have to come back to it for reference when I have to build my own!

Thanks!! It was built with basic tools it shouldn't be hard to replicate


Nice stand build. It looks sturdy
Thanks!!

[Jnotjane]

thanks for the link! I really want to make a custom stand.

[dprais1]

Heres a link that will help you out. Ricardo a member and moderator of this forum introduced it to me
http://neptunesneighborhood.com/stand.html

the best advice here is to label your cords. the rest is good too.

[rickztahone]

Looks very sturdy. Do you plan on putting a sheet of plywood on the top? Is the tank going to be glass or acrylic? Will it have a bottom trim?

[audiko4]

Looks very sturdy. Do you plan on putting a sheet of plywood on the top? Is the tank going to be glass or acrylic? Will it have a bottom trim?

I'm going to put 1/4" foam around the edge of the top of the stand, I'm not doing plywood on the top. The tank is glass with a standard plastic frame around the top and bottom . It's an off the shelf perfecto 265 gallon aquarium.

[Banzai883]

nice build man. people would pay a fortune for something like that.

[audiko4]

nice build man. people would pay a fortune for something like that.

Thanks, perfecto wanted $1700 for their stand thats why i built my own

[audiko4]

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[rickztahone]

Love the clean look. Not a huge fan of the plant placement to be frank, but love everything else about it.

[Jnotjane]

Beautiful job! The pics in post #2 have me thinking of making something similar, but with the two-toned effect of the lighter decorative frame and darker base support. Maybe light natural wood with dark cherry or mahogany red.

your fish look very happy in their new home.

[audiko4]

Love the clean look. Not a huge fan of the plant placement to be frank, but love everything else about it.

I'm not either but I need a larger step stool to rearrange the inside. I'm 6'1" and can't reach the back of the tank with a regular step stool

[audiko4]

Beautiful job! The pics in post #2 have me thinking of making something similar, but with the two-toned effect of the lighter decorative frame and darker base support. Maybe light natural wood with dark cherry or mahogany red.

your fish look very happy in their new home.

Thank you, that sounds like it would look good