29 Gallon Fish Tank stand

ATP · June 27th, 2009

Hi,

I'm making a stand for my 29 gallon tank and I've been working on it for the last few days. I just want to share this with everyone

I used 2x4's and 2x2's for the frame and covered it with water resistant plywood. I used moldings for the frame on the door and again covered it with plywood. I still need to make the other door and connect it using hinges. I'm going to paint it white because every furniture in room is white so it will blend in

i will post more pictures later, but I don't have any pictures of the frame without the plywood though.

rileyrk190 · June 28th, 2009

cool stand!

ATP · June 28th, 2009

thanks

aquarist48 · June 28th, 2009

Looks like you're doing a wonderful job. Can't wait to see it with a stocked tank on top

Have fun!

ATP · June 28th, 2009

Thanks

I'm going to connect the doors today and in a few days i'll be done. I will still need to make the canopy though

MizRamzi · June 28th, 2009

No not white!!! Don't you want your tank and beautiful stand to stand out?

ATP · June 28th, 2009

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Originally Posted by MizRamzi

No not white!!! Don't you want your tank and beautiful stand to stand out?

True. I should think about that. Any suggestions?

I have finished the doors and tried to connect them with hinges,but I bought the wrong hinges and have to take them out and buy new ones

aquarist48 · June 28th, 2009

Looking good. I would suggest a stain, Colonial Maple. It's a light colored stain and I think would look great and make it stand out from all the white. JMO

reefdude · June 29th, 2009

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Originally Posted by aquarist48

Looking good. I would suggest a stain, Colonia Maple. It's a light colored stain and I think would look great and make it stand out from all the white. JMO

I agree with a stain. What color is the trim on your tank? Find a stain that resembles it's hue. Excellent work though, looks very nice.

gmen4life · June 29th, 2009

well i made my stand also but i used a black stain and applied it so it looked like old furniture then added poly to it i actually thought of building them to sell you could use a wite stain to show off the grain of the wood also then pole it up to make it shine shine shine

ATP · June 29th, 2009

I might like white stain

it looks just like white paint, but you could see the grain.

I didn't work on it today

I was setting up my new 38 Gallon reef/quarantine tank. I will install the new hinges on it tomorrow. I wil post pictures with the doors on the stand tomorrow

The trim on my tank is black, but if you see the top part of my stand, it's raised a little bit to cover the trim and for the hood, i will make the canopy cover the black trim also .

Thanks for the comments,

RussG · June 30th, 2009

Great job! Gives me the itch to build another one, I want to setup a saltwater tank by the end of the summer, hopefully.
attached is my freshwater tank setup.

ATP · June 30th, 2009

Thanks

I like the stain on your tank and looks wonderful. You should start a saltwater tank

it's really great.

ATP · July 2nd, 2009

Sorry for the pictures

my camera was broken, but i just got it replaced and will post new ones tomorrow after i cover it with primer.

ATP · July 6th, 2009

Sorry i Didn't do anything

took a break for a little while.

Here are new pictures.

ATP · July 11th, 2009

Applied 2 layers of Primer today and have to sand tomorrow

Someone told me to just use dry wall primer and now it feels like a wall lol.

ryan herbst · July 19th, 2009

what kind of paint or stain did u use and do u think i could do something like that for a 75 gallon, if so what kind of wood would i have to use (2x4 or maybe bigger) thx

gmen4life · July 19th, 2009

2 by 4 would do the job perfectly il am gonna have to post pics of my stand sometime my LFS said they would buy them from me .....building them yourself makes you have more pride in the whole project i think imo

ATP · July 20th, 2009

You use 2x4 for the skeleton (it's similar to the metal stand, but it's wooden) And cover the back and sides with thin plywood. For the front, you cover the visible 2x4 with plywood and connect the door to the 2x4. Oh, one more thing, before you connect the 2x4, meaning the first thing you do is to trim the sides, because they're a little bit rounded. (learned that the hard way that's why my door isn't straight)

Good luck with your stand

RussG · July 25th, 2009

Great job! Really like what you did with the doors.

ATP · July 28th, 2009

Thanks for the comments.

I'll be posting new pictures of the stand tomorrow. It's all painted and my tank is already set up yesterday. The Canopy is also finished, but I left the cover in my garage too long (for half a week) and the temperature was around high 90s so the wood got bended. I clamped the wood to the table for about a week now and it's a little bit better.

ATP · July 30th, 2009

I know I haven't really shown anyone my progress for along time and I'm sorry. I was busy for the last 3 weeks, but now my Tank and Canopy is Completed. The Canopy is 80% completed. There's going to be a lid on top, but the wood got bended, so I'm waiting for the temperature to cool down because all the wood I have is now slightly bended. So here it is so far.

Tony G. · July 30th, 2009

wow! it looks great

ATP · August 2nd, 2009

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Originally Posted by Tony G.

wow! it looks great

Thanks

aquarist48 · August 2nd, 2009

Looks Great ATP!

ATP · August 3rd, 2009

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Originally Posted by aquarist48

Looks Great ATP!

Thanks

I'm going to get more plants and I just installed a C02 system.

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