75 Gallon Double Stand ??

[Intobigfish1818]

Hey, Has anyone made a Double Stand for 75 gallon aquariums ??
I Would like to do a Best of Both Worlds type deal, with Salt and fresh.
Any pros/cons on this idea please feel free to bash away lol...
Would like to start this project this weekend , just got another 75gallon tank from criagslist for 60$ , so anyone please let me know some info about double stands..
Thanks!

 

[Intobigfish1818]

Somthing like this just with alot more support , sorry for crappy pic at work ....

 

[Intobigfish1818]

Anyone???

 

[buddha1200]

yes i know people who have had them made by a welder, i have seen double 180's,125's and 75's if you know a good welder it's easy.

 

[big train]

A double stack 75gal and a double stack 125gal

 

[Intobigfish1818]

Thanks for the replys guys , i got a buddy of mine that a welder for some fencing company, i will drop him a line...

Thanks for the pics big i really like the wood style also...
Keep it coming if you got em.. thanks again

 

[MarkMatt]

Big train, How do you get the tank on the bottom in and out if nedd be? Kind of hard to tell in the pics. I am thinking about doing this for a 110 high and a 75.

 

[gwigga]

You wouldn't need a welder, just make sure if you use lumber that you build it right. Cause there is no next time after an accident lol.

 

[12 Volt Man]

in my area, steel tube stands designed to hold two tanks are very common.

so, as mentioned, you can get a welder to make you a tube steel stand custom made.

tube steel is very strong. I used to have a 90 and 65g double stacked: it was made with 1" tube steel.

in fact, as you can see from my old pic, my old fishroom was full of double stacked tanks on steel stands.

so it is an option if you want.

some say they are ugly, so if you want to go wood, go for it.

just make it strong.

hope this helps

 

[big train]

Big train, How do you get the tank on the bottom in and out if nedd be? Kind of hard to tell in the pics. I am thinking about doing this for a 110 high and a 75.

LOL! They don't come out why would u need to take them out? The way i did it is make a 2x4 box the same footprint as the tank and bolt 4 L shaped legs to the 2 bottom supports [boxes]. If u really had to like if there where a leak or somthing i would have to unbolt and remove the top of the frame and get a hand then lift the tank straight up out of the frame the fit is fairly tight in the L shaped legs.