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....bob965;3604637; said:You're not really taking advantage of the compressive strength of your vertical supports, as most of the load on your top framing is supported by sideways force on a few self tapping pocket hole screws. That thing is gonna weigh 800 pounds when it's full. That's not really the way most people would have done it.
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:That tube holder idea is freaking GENIUS and I am totally stealing it!