stacked 75 and 40 gal stand project

[hmt321]

I built my stand for my 75 gal and 40 gal

here is what it will look like after completion

here is the base of the stand being built, i used 2x4's with 3/4" birch plywood on top.

before i had screwed it together

after i put the plywood skin on

this pict is adding the verticle supports, the guy in the pict is Miles, he helped me out Sat

here is a pict after i have all the verticle supports up, you can see where the 40 gal tank will sit

the next pict is after the top frameing has been added

here is a close up of how I attached the top framing to the verticle supports, I used a 1 x 2 cleat with water proof glue fasened with multiple staples

next we added 1/2" plywood to the sides

and i added some non structral braceing to the back of the stand

time for the face frame

here it is all glued up, ready for the plywood top and formica

after that i hit a snag, I mis cut plywood top to the tank, it was getting late so we called it a day.
thats what happens when you let the boss (me) do a carpenters job

I had a crew finnish a job early on Monday afternoon so i sent them by the house to cut the top and stick the formica down

the slott in back is cut using a 3" hole saw and cutting the plywood out in between (i made the slott big enough to get most of my arm in this time, and made it longer) here it is rdy to paint

I will order the doors today


more to come

 

[eh1421]

looks real nice
great job

mike

 

[benzjamin13]

Can't wait to see the completed project.

 

[macktab]

Looks great! Please post pics and fire up that "green egg" bbq I noticed in one photo

 

[The Amazonian]

\/\/()\/\/!!!!

 

[Nate77]

Nice work

 

[GooDyboy420]

Are you done i could might have to steal your idea

 

[hmt321]

ok time for an pictorial update!!!

here is the stand with the top on it, i had one of my carpenters put the Formica on the top on a day when we were rained out.

here is some of the drift wood i will be using in the tank, i scrubbed it down, and soak it in a garbage can for a few days. i picked the drift wood off of the beach on mobile, bay. I screwed the pieces to a ceramic tile.

here is another pict of a few pieces of drift wood that i have hiding the filter intake, i use stainless sheet metal screws and suction cups to hold it to the tank wall.

here is the filter intake from the back side, I painted the back of the tank blue, the intake is 1.5" pvc reduced to a 5/8" hose barb (to fit the eheim hose)

here are the lights for the planted 40 gal, they are from ah supply, two 55 watt bulbs, i can unplug one if i need to.

here is the eheim 2028 for the 75 gal, the 40 gal has a 2227 on it (with the d/w fuction disabled) the 40 gal also has co2 injection with a bubble ladder

here is a shot of the whole thing, the 2028 had a hairline crack in it and so i will have to wait a few more days for a new one to get here , this is the 3rd one of these that i have gotten from the same company in under 2 months that was broken. (needless to say I will not be ordering from that outfit again)

my top for the 75 gal is still being painted and the doors for the cabinet are on order

they should be rdy next week

 

[oddball_freak]

That looks really nice, not expensive, that's what I like to see here.

 

[chico3611]

Great stand! Keep us posted when the cabinete doors go on.