My DIY stand. Triple 20's

built for three 20 gallon longs. Took me 3 hours this morn. Im doing 2 more

nice. pics? i made my stand with jojo's help a couple of weeks ago. it has a 70 on top and an 80 below.

well i guess you read my mind as you have pics now lol.

Nice. When i went to Jojos.. Thats where i got the idea. He is a good brain to pick.

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i fixed it. are you going to finish it with a wood stain?

Nice. Nah im might just paint it black..Or leave it.

Stain it!!!

Can you take a few pics without the tanks. I like the Idea and my want to build something like it

yeah no problem. Give me a few minos

Im going to slip some wood on the other side underneath for more support. Its only 20g longs, So you dont need to have to much.

David where did you get those tanks? I like the curved edges.

Thanks. Is there just a 2 by 4 under each end of the ply wood? Can you take a pic of the underneath of on shelf? Please

i got them off CL. they were new but had some problems. i resealed the 80 (one on bottom) and i glued a light strip back on the 70s hood. then i fixed the plastic trim on the 70. so they are amazing tanks now and each tank is its own builtin filter in the hood and 3 light bults with thier own switched.

Lucky!

yeah the guy contacted me about them since they needed some work.

All Done. I will post pics when i have spoonge filters and fish in it.....Probley tomm night. ;0)

Nice work guys. At least you remembered to leave room over each tank to work in them. My first mistake building my own stand.

LOL.... Yeah i left 7"... It was not as easy as i thought...But the more i got done the easier it became.

I would add some cross braces to the back. Get some 1x2's and put them diagonal across the back of each section. So you wind up with a Z on the back. or an X of wire on each section would go a long way towards support.

Its pretty freakin sturdy. I gave it a good test last night. A+. Im doing 2 more next week.

yeah you dont need anything across the back. it would just be over kill. i know some people who have stacked 3 75's on top of eacj ther and just used 2 2x4's on each side as the legs.