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just pre drill some holes through the stand and screw from the back just make sure the screws dont come though the front. ill be doing my steel stand next week illl; post it up and show you how i did mine its pretty easy.

good on ya mate looks good , yeah it is easy and its heaps strong too . post it up when its done

yeah i no i got them on the ends for back and forth cause it had little bit of movement , but wasnt to sure side ways i thought id wait till i fill it up and a bit and give a little push to see if it moved at all lol , but its full now and still not budging at all , thanks mate yeah i gotta...

this is crazy lol but awsome good job mate

hey mate nah didnt build the tank just the stand . its 1300litres which i think is about 343 gallons

thought id post up my new tank iv only done the frame at this stage which was out of 40x40mm square . cause its so heavy i thought i better do it out of steel . will post up the rest hopefully this weekend . it will be covered in black 2pac doors and trimmings.

thanks guys i just did a new one for a 8 ft ill post it up on the weekend when its done

should be good man

love it

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hey mate look at the one i made

thumbs up mate your crazy id hate to see your power bill

haha yeah i no i dont understand inches we have measuring tapes here that have inches on one side and mm on the other i just get confused lol . i just put 2 coats of like a mahogany gloss stain and it comes up nice . This stand was for someone so im not sure what they did with the finish . If...

hey mate im a builder , iv seen 2 of those studs hold a pack of flooring which was weighing about 1.3 tonne which were 2.7m high with 1 nog through the middle. i reckon a could put another 3 tanks on this and it would of been sweet . As long as your frame isn't relying on the sheer of the nail...

oh ok thanks mate , i was just going to do the most popular way with the 4 sections but i was just curious to see if any body had a different design that they found worked alot better

hey guys just about to set up a 4x1.8x1.8 sump . i need to put the dividers in but have no idea on wats the best positioning of them , i have all the media all i know is i wamt my tank to stay clean lol . the tank is a 6.2x2.5 and i have double out lets and one in so can some one please...

depends how thick your doors are too because i might not be able to drill a hole for those hinges there for you have to go the external looking hinges

looks good man you should be sweet with making the hood iv held up 1300kg with 2 pieces of 2x4 so this will diffinitly be sweet

hey mate yeah the hood is pretty easy , say if your using plywood for the hood just cut it to say 140mm to 300mm depends on how high you want the hood , i used like a VJ board and cut it down to 240mm and then i cut it to the length of the tank and added 2mm for clearance . do the same with...

yeah thanks mate , i no all the hinges and stuff can add up pretty fast , but yeah you can always put the dooors on later , thanks mate