Oak Stand for my 75g
- Thread starter IrnGynt
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Wanted to add an organized way of holding my testing tubes. I drilled some small holes (can't remember the bit size -> but small enough that you have to force the hanger wire in) in a stained block of wood and cut and bent some coat hangers:
bob965;3604637; said:
How do you figure 800 pounds? Water is 8 pounds a gallon, I am bad at math but i just don't see that coming out to 800 pounds....even with sand/gravel....
Thanks for the complements!
Cool! One piece of advice though, cover the coat hanger with airline tubing so the top of it doesn't touch the bottom of the tubes. The bare metal left rust spots on my test tubes. To prevent this in the future, I used plastic tubing used for R/O units (fridge hose works too -> same stuff) but airline tubing should work as well. A drinking straw would probably work fine too. Pic:
birmansandbettas;3718373; said:
Cool! One piece of advice though, cover the coat hanger with airline tubing so the top of it doesn't touch the bottom of the tubes. The bare metal left rust spots on my test tubes. To prevent this in the future, I used plastic tubing used for R/O units (fridge hose works too -> same stuff) but airline tubing should work as well. A drinking straw would probably work fine too. Pic:
