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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 12:04 pm | |
| So I am no craftsman but I figured how hard can it be to build a 55 gallon stand for our new aquarium...so here it is... Dimensions were, 36" tall x 48" long x 12" wide then stained the wook and added the molding lip top bottom and also on back... and this is how it looks now ... still needs a canopy I plan on building as matching one too :) | |
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Bruggen Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 224 Location : Gardnerville, NV Favorite Fish: : Lepidiolamprologus Kendallis
Aulonocara Peacocks
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 12:12 pm | |
| That looks very nice, and I like the height. | |
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BFinley Admin
Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 12:13 pm | |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 12:49 pm | |
| Thank you, Yes I wanted it to be tall so I can have them more at eye level when we sit down for dinner I put this tank next to the dinning table | |
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KMX Admin
Posts : 16094 Location : Mansfield, TX Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 12:51 pm | |
| x's 3!! | |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 12:53 pm | |
| lol! the wook! that's what I get for typing too fast! Obviously I meant wood! | |
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James0816 Captain
Posts : 1194 Location : Spotsylvania, VA Favorite Fish: : Stingrays
Otocinclus Catfish
Kuhli Loaches
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 1:12 pm | |
| Very nice looking indeed. Do you just have (3) verticle 2x4's front and back? No horizontal support other than the ply? | |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 1:19 pm | |
| - James0816 wrote:
- Very nice looking indeed. Do you just have (3) verticle 2x4's front and back? No horizontal support other than the ply?
in the inside its got 2x4's also midway and edges between the verticals there are 6 verticals and 3 horizontals | |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 1:21 pm | |
| Oh yea and it also has the bottom plywood as well as under the actual aquarium I put plywood there too I seen some at the store that are hollow at the top where the aquarium sits | |
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James0816 Captain
Posts : 1194 Location : Spotsylvania, VA Favorite Fish: : Stingrays
Otocinclus Catfish
Kuhli Loaches
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 1:29 pm | |
| Kewlness. Couldn't get a good visual with that first pic but didn't look like there were horizontal supports there.
Nice work. | |
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wildbeanerz Captain
Posts : 1151 Location : Roaring Spring, PA Favorite Fish: : Love my black ocellaris!
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 1:32 pm | |
| Nice work!
Did you not want doors on it? | |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 1:41 pm | |
| - James0816 wrote:
- Kewlness. Couldn't get a good visual with that first pic but didn't look like there were horizontal supports there.
Nice work. thats when I first started the project I was testing to see if the tank was gonna fit on the top of it..had to take it down before finishing it @ wildbeanerz No not on the front I am wanting to eventually add some cabinet doors for the sides I am a beginner at this building stuff so I just thought I'd do a simple one | |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 2:07 pm | |
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wildbeanerz Captain
Posts : 1151 Location : Roaring Spring, PA Favorite Fish: : Love my black ocellaris!
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 2:13 pm | |
| Oh absolutely. Go easy the first time around. I just know that I love storing stuff under my tank. That's why I wondered about the doors.
You did a better job by far than I could have done. I wouldn't even attempt it probably!! | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 2:15 pm | |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 2:18 pm | |
| - wildbeanerz wrote:
- Oh absolutely. Go easy the first time around. I just know that I love storing stuff under my tank. That's why I wondered about the doors.
You did a better job by far than I could have done. I wouldn't even attempt it probably!! lol! thanks,well although its slim I am using it as storage too, I have a few things down there already I can store my tools in there instead of taking them out to the garage! and a few of my crafting supplies.. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 2:24 pm | |
| Wow great build. Can't wait to see a canopy! |
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CoutureWest Sergeant
Posts : 96 Location : San Antonio,Texas Favorite Fish: : Tiger Oscar Cichlid
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 2:27 pm | |
| - FishVixen wrote:
- Wow great build. Can't wait to see a canopy!
I know right! I am anxious to build it too I been a little busy tho hopefully next week I get a chance to :) | |
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whisper Betta Specialist
Posts : 1990 Location : Euless, Texas Favorite Fish: : Betta's,Fancy Guppies, Plecos, kio.
| Subject: Re: Oh here it goes..again 2/8/2011, 3:02 pm | |
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