DIY stand for my 400 gallon tank

[Tigerdat]

Here is some picture of the filters and the tank its self.I have gone a little over budget, lights were about $100 and I just bought a VU that was about $135. I could have braced the floor from underneath but the friend that said he would help has never found the time. It would be a big pain in the rear too, the tank is as far away from the crawl space entrance as it could possibility be.

All the fish in the tank are ether Electric Blue Jack Dempseys or Jacks that carry the electric blue gene. Most of the EBJD are in a 240. I have started to breed them and I will probabily use the tank to grow out the best Electric Blues although thet could change at any time.

 

[Verbosity]

NICE!! My stand is almost that dark. Might get tired of moving the couch to work on the filter though..

Very nice, and still built better then the stands you can buy for 20x the cost.

What are those lights? Where did you get them so cheap?

 

[midnight]

looks good
good job building it
but
1x4's?
and biscuits?
on a 400g?
i couldnt sleep at night with that

 

[Verbosity]

looks good
good job building it
but
1x4's?
and biscuits?
on a 400g?
i couldnt sleep at night with that

Biscuits are awesome!! I'd have no problem sleeping at night. I would also be proud that I didn't do it in the traditional American way 4"4"'s and 2"x4"s

 

[Tigerdat]

I built a stand like this for a 200 gallon I had 7 years ago. I sold the tank and stand to a friend. Its been moved a few times in the back of a truck. There isn't a lose joint in the stand, its still like a solid block of wood. Recently we moved that tank again, and when we were draining the tank we heard some very loud creaking upon inspection we realized that it wasn't the stand creaking but the floor! I also put a straight edge across several portions of the stand and there was no warping after 7 years of use.
I'm not really worried about the strength of the wood I really understand how strong wood is and isn't. Good knot free 1x4 poplar is stronger than the average 2x4 stud and 2 poplar 1x4's glued together beats out a construction grade 4x4. All the wood was hand selected and I really trust my judgment. A friend and I built a airplane called a KR2 its mostly wood with a foam, fiberglass and wood wing. I have flown that plane so I trusted my life to my wood working skills. I not worried about the stand.

 

[zennzzo]

This stand will be still here 100 years from now.. Look at the construction of Antique furniture. Real clear heart wood, glued dowelled and biscuited with wood components and "hand fit"...
The furniture in our homes, build now days with particle board, will not.

Whats so hard about wrapping ones mind around craftsmanship with one of the earths oldest building materials? I just don't get it...

 

[midnight]

This stand will be still here 100 years from now.. Look at the construction of Antique furniture. Real clear heart wood, glued dowelled and biscuited with wood components and "hand fit"...
The furniture in our homes, build now days with particle board, will not.

Whats so hard about wrapping ones mind around craftsmanship with one of the earths oldest building materials? I just don't get it...

how can you compare this to old furniture that holds no weight on it?

this thing has what a few TONS on it?
big difference

and the boat part is different also
its bent and the pressure pushes against it different

its all good,everyone does it different

 

[andres]

That stand is awesome.. I'm glad someone understands the strength of poplar, good joints, and glue..

Anyways, it looks great- and nice too! Most of the people who build stands on here have minimal knowledge of wood working.

 

[Verbosity]

That stand is awesome.. I'm glad someone understands the strength of poplar, good joints, and glue..

Anyways, it looks great- and nice too! Most of the people who build stands on here have minimal knowledge of wood working.

That's me!

 

[pdbrady]

That's me!

Ditto. That's why I framed mine with 2 x 4's.