Started construction today....

[Rodum]

Been reading the forums for about 6 months now and finally decided it was time to actually register. As I've stated in the "Introduce Yourself" section I was planning on building a 96 x 30 x 36 tank w/ stand. Well during my construction I ended up making it a little bigger . Not a whole lot , 96 x 36 x 36. Picked up the wood yesterday afternoon and got to it this morning. I didn't take pictures of the actual building process because there's tons of "How To" pics on here about the actual building. But here are some of the final framing of the stand.

 

[rallysman]

looks nice
That's the same way I made the stand for my 300. It works very very well
Keep us updated, I'm sure we'll all be impressed.

 

[dr_sudz]

That is going to be kick ass! I want to see your tank and how you are going to build it! Is it glass or plywood or acrylic?

 

[Rodum]

It'll be plywood with 1 glass view window in the front. I'm guessing around 450g.

 

[dr_sudz]

Actually it is closer to 537 gallons.

 

[Rodum]

537g hmm....Well going by the 1- 4x4 is strong enough hold 55g of water which weighs appx 440 lbs? I have 11 uprights which should be able to hold 4840 lbs. I should still be ok with weight since 537g weighs roughly 4296 lbs. Leaves me with 544 for tank weight.

 

[Rodum]

Forgot to toss these up too. This of my first little screw up and quick fix. Forgot I had a step that goes up into the kitchen there.

 

[Rodum]

And these are where it's going. Who needs windows?

 

[moxxommox]

sorry, but are they ... Nails in the wood? or just the grain?

 

[IRoman]

That looks really good so far, its definetly an inspiration. I want to build one for my house when I move next year, so take lots of pics