Planning to move three 75 gallon tanks into a new fish room in the garage in a couple weeks. I'm leaning towards building new stands out of cinder block for the end supports, laid flat of course and spanning the center with doubled 2x4's, skinned on top with 1/2 inch ply. Anybody see a problem with this??....It's very cheap, should be very solid and since it's in my fish room no need for fancy cabinetry. Saw a build thread somewhere that a guy building a very large tank did this only he used steel I-beams to span the center, a bit overkill for my 75's I think.
cinder block and beam stands
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It's exactly what I've done and it works a treat. Just be aware that shimming for level is a bit of a pain but it's not hard.
Yeah, you will 100 percent be good on this one. I have seen tons of tanks on here supported in exactly that way. It is the easiest and cheapest way to make a stand on the fly. If you are worried about how it looks, just drape some fabric over the stand like a table cloth and you are good to go.
Aside from that, a cool idea I saw, if you have any of these around, is car rims in place of the cinder blocks.
Aside from that, a cool idea I saw, if you have any of these around, is car rims in place of the cinder blocks.
the stand behind my couch is way too short so i used block and set the stand right on top. no problems at all. looks like a tall stand now =)
I have seen many cinder block stands like that. Not cosmetically the best, but definitely will hold. I met a guy that had spray painted the blocks black. It looked pretty good.
Thanks guys. Yeah I thought it would be fine, but always best to ask somebody who's been there or seen it done. I figured if you can set a house on blocks, a few hundred gallons of water is a piece of cake. Might paint em black, just for fun. Since they'll be in a dedicated fish room looks are secondary...but paint is cheap, so what da hell....Car rims?! That's original!! LOL
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Agreed on the drape, sheet or whatever fabric. That would be a cheap and easy way to improve the cosmetics. However, I would take a pass on the rims. Its unique, but seems a little weird!