And you thought the dual 125 + four 40B rack supported by 2x2s was ambitious? Just wait until you see my...
Desk/TV/60B/triple 10 + 5 gallon stand...
Looks horrific in 2D, and I'll admit it took a few hours to figure out how to make it 3D (after the few hours it already took to figure out the 2D stuff), but essentially I've come up with:
Basically, the story is, I have a big bedroom and want to actually make use of the space, so I am redoing everything up here. No more shanty town esque bedroom, it's time I've caught it up to date with the rest of my fish stuff.
You may notice the 2D thing is a bit different. This is because:
- In fitting the 60B/TV portion to the 10 gallon part in CAD, I figured out I needed to push the middle 10 out a bit further than the bottom to have it line up with the 60's part, so if I did do half hoods exposing the lids, the middle tank would look out of place (and bad). Thus I opted for none of the 10s to have hoods, and subsequently had to redo the proportions of the 10 gallon section to have the top tank sit flush with the 60 as opposed to a built in rack hood.
- I figured since the desk part sticking out on the right side isn't supporting any weight other than papers, a lamp, and maybe a laptop sometimes, I can afford to just have it essentially just be an extension of the middle support beam and stick out/float, especially since it's counterbalanced by half a ton of water and wood. Saves the cost of having to buy wood that long. More legroom.
Important to note:
- Both figures show the rough skeleton of the rack (minus the plywood needed to make the TV not float).
- Any compartments containing electronics will have built in "splash guards" sealed with caulk to prevent damage from inevitable splashing and spills.
- I already have all but one of these tanks. I also have the TV. The 10s are currently on an inline (vertically parallel) version of the rack seen there. The TV and 5 are currently on an old plywood table my dad built years ago. I was inspired by big desk setups I saw at either a big lots or a value city, and figured if I'm going to start consolidating my tanks onto more streamlined racks/moving them around to make better use of the space, I should just make these into one big thing, and take advantage of the big platform I'd inevitably have covering the TV to get a 60.
Concerns:
- Obviously weight, as I am on the second floor, however I feel I should not be as concerned given I am successfully balancing the weight of a giraffe on 10 2x2s downstairs, and a house is probably a lot stronger than that. Also as previously mentioned, all but one of those tanks is already in this room/on that side of the room, along with their respective stands/tables, so I feel the difference in weight wouldn't be that drastic compared to what is already here. The house is roughly 20 years old and the bedroom is 18x20, if that helps anyone.
Fun design bits to note:
-The middle 10 gallon is essentially jammed into the 60 stand via a singular dado joint.
- The top 10 gallon is sat on 2x4s just to use that extra inch of height to make it flush with the 60. Oh... I could've made the thing the 60 sits on a 2x4 for added support... should I?
- Believe it or not this is only 5'1" tall with the tanks on it and 7'4" long.
- I would normally color code them based on the length of the wood but I am too lazy to do that right now, there is too many random cuts of wood. I just left it as color coded by support/riser/platform length/platform width.
I will definitely be back to the drawing board for some small tweaks, but hey at least we're not taking 6 months to design racks anymore.
Desk/TV/60B/triple 10 + 5 gallon stand...
Looks horrific in 2D, and I'll admit it took a few hours to figure out how to make it 3D (after the few hours it already took to figure out the 2D stuff), but essentially I've come up with:
Basically, the story is, I have a big bedroom and want to actually make use of the space, so I am redoing everything up here. No more shanty town esque bedroom, it's time I've caught it up to date with the rest of my fish stuff.
You may notice the 2D thing is a bit different. This is because:
- In fitting the 60B/TV portion to the 10 gallon part in CAD, I figured out I needed to push the middle 10 out a bit further than the bottom to have it line up with the 60's part, so if I did do half hoods exposing the lids, the middle tank would look out of place (and bad). Thus I opted for none of the 10s to have hoods, and subsequently had to redo the proportions of the 10 gallon section to have the top tank sit flush with the 60 as opposed to a built in rack hood.
- I figured since the desk part sticking out on the right side isn't supporting any weight other than papers, a lamp, and maybe a laptop sometimes, I can afford to just have it essentially just be an extension of the middle support beam and stick out/float, especially since it's counterbalanced by half a ton of water and wood. Saves the cost of having to buy wood that long. More legroom.
Important to note:
- Both figures show the rough skeleton of the rack (minus the plywood needed to make the TV not float).
- Any compartments containing electronics will have built in "splash guards" sealed with caulk to prevent damage from inevitable splashing and spills.
- I already have all but one of these tanks. I also have the TV. The 10s are currently on an inline (vertically parallel) version of the rack seen there. The TV and 5 are currently on an old plywood table my dad built years ago. I was inspired by big desk setups I saw at either a big lots or a value city, and figured if I'm going to start consolidating my tanks onto more streamlined racks/moving them around to make better use of the space, I should just make these into one big thing, and take advantage of the big platform I'd inevitably have covering the TV to get a 60.
Concerns:
- Obviously weight, as I am on the second floor, however I feel I should not be as concerned given I am successfully balancing the weight of a giraffe on 10 2x2s downstairs, and a house is probably a lot stronger than that. Also as previously mentioned, all but one of those tanks is already in this room/on that side of the room, along with their respective stands/tables, so I feel the difference in weight wouldn't be that drastic compared to what is already here. The house is roughly 20 years old and the bedroom is 18x20, if that helps anyone.
Fun design bits to note:
-The middle 10 gallon is essentially jammed into the 60 stand via a singular dado joint.
- The top 10 gallon is sat on 2x4s just to use that extra inch of height to make it flush with the 60. Oh... I could've made the thing the 60 sits on a 2x4 for added support... should I?
- Believe it or not this is only 5'1" tall with the tanks on it and 7'4" long.
- I would normally color code them based on the length of the wood but I am too lazy to do that right now, there is too many random cuts of wood. I just left it as color coded by support/riser/platform length/platform width.
I will definitely be back to the drawing board for some small tweaks, but hey at least we're not taking 6 months to design racks anymore.
