Finished DIY stand

[chak1080]

After owning my aquarium for a year and looking through this site, I decided I wanted to make a planted tank. I was planning on turning my 55 gallon into a planted tank, but by chance a friend decided he didn’t want to take care of his 15 gallon tank anymore. Since I had given him this tank and felt bad for the neglected fish I took it back and turned it into a planted tank. I’m new to this so I’ve been taking it slow. I have a DIY Co2 setup, been dosing fertilizer, and made my own light with compact fluorescents trying to keep it cheap. But I just finished this new stand for the tank, and decided to make this post because I’m pretty proud of it. I’ve never done woodworking at all, and made this with a simple circular saw. I tried to make it match my store bought 55gallon stand. What do you think? The tank needs a lot of work. I’ll tank any advice.

 

[Zagz]

Very nice looking stand. Next you will have to post pics of the finished planted tanks.

 

[fisch]

The stand looks great. Much better than that old metal one your tank is on.
For the tank work. Add a background and move it to the stand. That alone will make it look much better.

 

[luvincichlids515]

What kind of wood did you use for the sides of the stand? I am currently in the process of building a stand for my 120 gallon tank.

 

[Sicklid]

Looks good, nice work... definitely matches your other stand well..

 

[thincat]

Nice...
TC

 

[chak1080]

On the sides I just used 1/4" plywood, however there is 2x4s running vertically for support. The 2x4s are definately overkill though, this little stand weighs a lot.

 

[thincat]

Better than the stand failing to do it's job!

 

[blasterx]

That looks real nice, I wish I could do stuff like that!

 

[FishEggs]

nice job

 

[asudavew]

Nice work!

Matches very well!

 

[arabela]

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[InfernoST]

After owning my aquarium for a year and looking through this site, I decided I wanted to make a planted tank. I was planning on turning my 55 gallon into a planted tank, but by chance a friend decided he didn’t want to take care of his 15 gallon tank anymore. Since I had given him this tank and felt bad for the neglected fish I took it back and turned it into a planted tank. I’m new to this so I’ve been taking it slow. I have a DIY Co2 setup, been dosing fertilizer, and made my own light with compact fluorescents trying to keep it cheap. But I just finished this new stand for the tank, and decided to make this post because I’m pretty proud of it. I’ve never done woodworking at all, and made this with a simple circular saw. I tried to make it match my store bought 55gallon stand. What do you think? The tank needs a lot of work. I’ll tank any advice.

Really nice job.