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February 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| My very first stand is just about done new photo 02/18/09
Greetings all,
I have just purchased a 125 a few days ago and to be honest the stands......well i just dont trust the construction of them. (Plywood on edge and they ask 300.00 plus dollars for them) For that kind of money i could build myself a great dog house which I'm going to need after my wife finds out how much money i have spent on our hobby.) I figure with the water weight along with substrate weight and every other thing weight that just wasn't going to cut it. So lets just say Tim Allen more power.
Tanks,
Big Rich
Last edited by Big Rich; February 18th, 2009 at 10:27 PM.
Reason: new photo of almost finished tank stand | 
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February 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Rich  Greetings all,
I have just purchased a 125 a few days ago and to be honest the stands......well i just dont trust the construction of them. (Plywood on edge and they ask 300.00 plus dollars for them) For that kind of money i could build myself a great dog house which I'm going to need after my wife finds out how much money i have spent on our hobby.) I figure with the water weight along with substrate weight and every other thing weight that just wasn't going to cut it. So lets just say Tim Allen more power.
Tanks,
Big Rich |  great stand!!!!! might I put in an order for a "dog house" at a reasonable cost also?   after awhile, they dont even notice the new fish and the money spent, well "GROCERIES" have inflated so much with this darn economy  | |
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February 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Shawnie,
Thank you I have included a picture of the bathroom that is inside this dog house of mine. It is to the left of the door just beyond the 50 inch tv A dog should have it so good
Big Rich | |
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February 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Did you make it? If yes it looks pretty good. Are you going to paint it? | |
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February 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Rich Shawnie,
Thank you I have included a picture of the bathroom that is inside this dog house of mine. It is to the left of the door just beyond the 50 inch tv A dog should have it so good
Big Rich |  | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Greetings Fishrule101,
Yes im going to finish it with pine. Making doors 2 sets and going to add some tile to it. Then will be painting it
Big Rich | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Nice! I don't trust those store stands either but then you are left with all iron stands. Not so pretty. | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Greetings Emory,
Yes your right about those black iron stands. They just rot after some time and are ugly.
Tanks,
Big Rich | |
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February 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Up date on tank
Hello once again
As of now i have one picture of a stand that is almost done. Here are the materials i used. The sub frame was all pressure treated wood. The four corners and middles are 4x4 the bottom plate is a 2x6 the top plate is a 2x4 The bottom of the cabinet along with the back is luon 1/4inch. if you noticed i carriage bolted it all together the rest is 3/4 inch pine. The color squares you see are travertine marble along with handles that are being fabricated to suit. I'm have built a small top that i am not happy with i will be changing this around.
big Rich | |
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February 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| amazing job! it came out awesome!! I have a friend now building me a custom stand....its going to be about 5ft tall and 4ft long in the shape of a L
I want to put 3 20 gal tanks on the tall 5 ft part of the L and a 30 gal on the 4 foot lower part of the L | |
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February 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| that looks awesome!
it may be a little late for this, but did you use or think about using metal corner braces? i'm making a stand for my 29 gallon and it would be a little overkill for me to use them but i'd rather be safe than sorry. | |
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February 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
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Originally Posted by agabr123 that looks awesome!
it may be a little late for this, but did you use or think about using metal corner braces? i'm making a stand for my 29 gallon and it would be a little overkill for me to use them but i'd rather be safe than sorry. | Hello Agabr123,
No i didn't think about metal bracing at all. If you take notice on the frame photos. I used bolts and washers. Of course the wood was pulled in when i cranked down on them. But just because i can... i stood on it no movement what so ever. So i would say the way it was constructed I should have no problems. I should point out the top and the bottom are the same you can't see it cross braced
hope this has helped you out,
Big Rich | |
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February 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yeah, I'll probably put a few cinderblocks on it to test the weight, it's only for a 29 gallon tank so it's really not that much weight, but like i said i'd rather be safe than sorry. i just used wood screws for the whole thing | |
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