I have a 6x2x2 tank coming this weekend. I intend to build my own stand and hood. I've looked at a lot of you tube stuff and read up on stand builds on various forums. The most important part of the build seems to be getting the top of the stand, that the tank sits on, exactly flat and square on the corners. Obviously if this part of the build is done to perfection then you prevent a twisted tank thus saving you loads of grief further down the line.
To achieve this I was thinking of turning the empty tank upside down and laying out the basic outer rectangular shape that the tank sits on, with width struts, (all 2x4's), on the base of the tank and fastening it altogether whilst it's sat perfectly flush on the base of my tank. This seems like a brilliant way to do it but i've not seen it done this way in any videos or referred to in any literature i've read on the subject. Am i missing something, would it be a bad way to do it like this?
To achieve this I was thinking of turning the empty tank upside down and laying out the basic outer rectangular shape that the tank sits on, with width struts, (all 2x4's), on the base of the tank and fastening it altogether whilst it's sat perfectly flush on the base of my tank. This seems like a brilliant way to do it but i've not seen it done this way in any videos or referred to in any literature i've read on the subject. Am i missing something, would it be a bad way to do it like this?
