120 gallon with sump and ALL DIY projects (work in progress)

[tank12]

Hello SD people! Love this forum, been lurking for awhile!

Anyways, thought I would start a thread here to share my progress and ideas for my new 120g lightly planted discus setup. This will be an ongoing updated thread, I am doing this on a check-to-check budget, so please bear with me.

Hope I am on the right track! Here is what I have so far:

120 gallon glass 4x2x2 - $120
40 gallon acrylic commercial tank 48x12x15 - $40
DIY stand: nine 8ft 2x4, 140 2.5" deck screws, wood shims - $45

Total investment so far - $205

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I am picking up another tank just like my "sump", and will be using it as a BB grow-out tank, I will not be putting juvies in the DT.

I will be using a 1.5" herbie style overflow, the glass hole saw and bulkheads are in the mail.

Thanks for looking, feel free to share criticisms or thoughts!

[Craigmax]

i cannot tell whether you braced the middle of your stand. If so, great. Looking good.

[tank12]

There are no center supports. The plans I followed did not call for them. You think this will be a problem? I just have 4 legs, and 2 2x4s "V'd" on each corner overlapping the joint.

I actually followed uarujoey's youtube DIY video for this stand.

[FischAutoTechGarten]

The Standard AGA aquarium Stand and Canopy for their 120gallon 4X2X2 tank is made with 1" plywood...no 2X4s whatsoever.... and no center support. Your stand looks well constructed.