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Hello! I have been surfing in here a but haven’t seen exactly what I wanted.
I’m starting to play around with some breeding as something to work on this fall/winter. I’m mechanical enough to build something and understand what to do but I’m curious to see others setups and preference between the following
2x4- I like this to get exactly what you want and it seems the most sturdy
Concrete Block/lumber- then seems the fastest and cheapest way to do it. And this can be done in stages so I could start with me bottom row and build up if needed
Muscle/steel rack- it seems light this is slightly more than a 2x4 DIY but I’m my experience some of these racks are super sturdy.
I have a 1960s home with a shorter basement ceiling clearance. So Im thinking my top shelf will be around 40in to give room for tank height plus clearance for maintenance.
my end goal would be to have something that would potentially have 8-10 tanks short ends out to maximize tank quantity with a smaller foot print. Ideally this will be no more than 6ft wide 2-3ft deep. Also I’m thinking 10-20g tanks.
Either way I can figure out construction but I wouldn’t mind seeing picture and input on what you do and didn’t like about different construction methods.
I’m starting to play around with some breeding as something to work on this fall/winter. I’m mechanical enough to build something and understand what to do but I’m curious to see others setups and preference between the following
2x4- I like this to get exactly what you want and it seems the most sturdy
Concrete Block/lumber- then seems the fastest and cheapest way to do it. And this can be done in stages so I could start with me bottom row and build up if needed
Muscle/steel rack- it seems light this is slightly more than a 2x4 DIY but I’m my experience some of these racks are super sturdy.
I have a 1960s home with a shorter basement ceiling clearance. So Im thinking my top shelf will be around 40in to give room for tank height plus clearance for maintenance.
my end goal would be to have something that would potentially have 8-10 tanks short ends out to maximize tank quantity with a smaller foot print. Ideally this will be no more than 6ft wide 2-3ft deep. Also I’m thinking 10-20g tanks.
Either way I can figure out construction but I wouldn’t mind seeing picture and input on what you do and didn’t like about different construction methods.