Oak Stand for my 75g

[Pharaoh]

The stand turned out absolutely gorgeous!

 

[john73738]

Fantastic Work,

That IS a piece of furnature,

Bear

 

[johncl]

Lookin' good and it's so neat and organized I'm impressed. Can't wait to see the canopy.

 

[IrnGynt]

Wanted to add an organized way of holding my testing tubes. I drilled some small holes (can't remember the bit size -> but small enough that you have to force the hanger wire in) in a stained block of wood and cut and bent some coat hangers:

 

[D12DetroitD12]

You're not really taking advantage of the compressive strength of your vertical supports, as most of the load on your top framing is supported by sideways force on a few self tapping pocket hole screws. That thing is gonna weigh 800 pounds when it's full. That's not really the way most people would have done it.

How do you figure 800 pounds? Water is 8 pounds a gallon, I am bad at math but i just don't see that coming out to 800 pounds....even with sand/gravel....

 

[D12DetroitD12]

Awesome stand! a lot nicer then the one i made for my 50 gal.

 

[Airgoose2222]

Very nice stand.

 

[Airgoose2222]

Very nice stand. Looks good.

 

[birmansandbettas]

That tube holder idea is freaking GENIUS and I am totally stealing it!

 

[IrnGynt]

Thanks for the complements!

That tube holder idea is freaking GENIUS and I am totally stealing it!

Cool! One piece of advice though, cover the coat hanger with airline tubing so the top of it doesn't touch the bottom of the tubes. The bare metal left rust spots on my test tubes. To prevent this in the future, I used plastic tubing used for R/O units (fridge hose works too -> same stuff) but airline tubing should work as well. A drinking straw would probably work fine too. Pic: