DIY 220g(830L) Tank Stand
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and the final price of the stand? looks awesome, sooner or later ill be doing something like this
Unfortunately I didnt keep track of the material costssmallguy said:
I was forever running back and forward from the hardware supplies store because I always didnt quite get enough of everything!But I have a fair idea what everything cost so i'll go and try and put something together and post it here.
There are more pics coming, I am just still fiddling with the system and cleaning up bit ands pieces so I have stuff everywhere at the moment and it doesnt look that nice in pictures! I bought a groovy pendant light fixture for the system off eBay, it has 2 x 150W metal halides and 2 x flourescent tube fixtures in it, best of all I got it at an unbelievable price! I dont understand why no one else bidded!?
Here is a pic of the unit I found on the internet, it will hopefully arrive by the weekend or early next week!
nice i wanna see the finished product i never eventhought of building my own stand....if i did i would have gotten my 240g a long time ago
thanks. it looks great and great looking lights you got there.
how about you take alittle vacation to my house and build one for me? yea didnt think so i mean the weather sucks and we dont have very many great stores in my area unless i travel to nyc or shark aqurium.
how about you take alittle vacation to my house and build one for me? yea didnt think so i mean the weather sucks and we dont have very many great stores in my area unless i travel to nyc or shark aqurium.
Hey Dude!! Ugh Ugh!! Its a greeeeaaat stuff you have there, ugh ugh!
Really fantastic!! iIts sturdy, big, really tough!
Hope you'll show us when you have the fish inside, ugh ugh!
Really fantastic!! iIts sturdy, big, really tough!
Hope you'll show us when you have the fish inside, ugh ugh!
Took some piccies last night, still waiting for my lighting to arrive so havent bothered to seteverything up properly just yet. Lighting should arrive this week hopefully.
In the meantime everything is still all over the place!
The whole tank, when my pendant lighting arrives, I will make a border for around the top of the tank, like a topless hood, to hide the ugly bits around the top and help prevent light escaping from the sides. FBF filter still hanging on the side of the tank, that will go into the stand later this week.
I wired up a couple of switched power boards, they are attached with velcro tape so can be easily removed if need be. I wired them to a common lead so all I have to do is run one extension lead to the tank stand and I have plenty of outlets to operate everything.
Heres some closer pics of the 'Oasis', or the left side of the tank.
...and the right side of the tank which is very dark at the moment, I call this side the desert
Of course without decent lighting I havent been able to fine tune the aquascaping, so have basically thrown everything in for the moment.
...here is my FPK4000 up and running, see my other DIY thread for more info on this
..more pics when my lighting arrives
In the meantime everything is still all over the place!
The whole tank, when my pendant lighting arrives, I will make a border for around the top of the tank, like a topless hood, to hide the ugly bits around the top and help prevent light escaping from the sides. FBF filter still hanging on the side of the tank, that will go into the stand later this week.
I wired up a couple of switched power boards, they are attached with velcro tape so can be easily removed if need be. I wired them to a common lead so all I have to do is run one extension lead to the tank stand and I have plenty of outlets to operate everything.
Heres some closer pics of the 'Oasis', or the left side of the tank.
...and the right side of the tank which is very dark at the moment, I call this side the desert
Of course without decent lighting I havent been able to fine tune the aquascaping, so have basically thrown everything in for the moment.
...here is my FPK4000 up and running, see my other DIY thread for more info on this
..more pics when my lighting arrives
