DIY Stand And Canopy - Aquarium Advice

mentallylost · 05-27-2005, 10:47 AM

I just figured that I would show off this stand and canopy a little. It's a [acronym:7850b7d640="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:7850b7d640] that I finished a couple of months ago. It's all pine that I happened to have laying around the garage. So I am not really all that much money into it. About $20.00 for the hinges and polyurethane finish, and another $20.00 for the [acronym:7850b7d640="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:7850b7d640] LED moonlights. $40.00 or so total. The only thing that i did that I would have done differently is the shelf. I put a full length shelf midway in the stand. So now I am going to need to cut half of the shelf out so I can put a sump in. Oh well. I learned for next time.

RLG2182 · 05-27-2005, 10:54 AM

That's a nice looking stand combo!!!

Good job!!

For all you people out there... post pics of the inside too... that's half the fun of seeing how you made it, and what you're putting for supplies!

bzbee · 05-27-2005, 02:33 PM

Very nice! Looks better than some of the store bought stuff I've seen.

fishyrican · 05-27-2005, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bzbee

Very nice! Looks better than some of the store bought stuff I've seen.

So true! What size is the tank? How did you lay out the lights in the hood? I need to do a hood/stand combo for the 75 [acronym:7c63d3d21d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:7c63d3d21d], but have not yet/ Did you use the GARF plans or did you use your own? Sorry about the questions, but I am curious.

krap101 · 05-27-2005, 03:28 PM

how you do that stuff in the backround? bubble wall?

bzbee · 05-27-2005, 04:19 PM

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how you do that stuff in the backround?

It's a little dark on my screen, but I'm guessing a light blue foil background. I've seen it for $0.99 per ft.

mentallylost · 05-27-2005, 07:22 PM

It's my own custom design, sort of. I saw a stand and canopy that was similar on another forum and just loved it. I had no plans, just the one picture of the other tank. I changed a few things around and this is what I ended up with. I am happy with it though. It is an 80 gallon tank that up until this stand rested on a sturdy but ugly table. I do have a bubble wall stretching the entire length and wrapping around the sides of the tank. They are real fine bubbles. And it is a foil background. The foil was originally green foil from thatfishplace.com and yes it is $0.99 per foot. But the green was just too bright. So I spray painted over it with a black semi-gloss paint. The only coat of paint that was applied was thin, so that when you look from different angles you can still see the green.

EDIT- For the moonlights, I made a boxed in rail for the LED's to be housed in. The box is the length of the inside top of the canopy. This rail is then stapled in the top, so when the canopy is opened the lights lift too.

krap101 · 05-27-2005, 09:27 PM

thats awesome!

05-27-2005, 10:54 AM	#2
RLG2182 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, California Posts: 770 Images: 12	That's a nice looking stand combo!!! Good job!! For all you people out there... post pics of the inside too... that's half the fun of seeing how you made it, and what you're putting for supplies! __________________ Tank: 60 Gal w/ 40 Gal [acronym:8ca4e80aae="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:8ca4e80aae] sump, 75 lbs [acronym:8ca4e80aae="Live sand"]LS[/acronym:8ca4e80aae], 140 lbs [acronym:8ca4e80aae="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:8ca4e80aae], Fuge Equipment: 4X65 Retrofit [acronym:8ca4e80aae="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:8ca4e80aae], Euro-Reef CS5-2, Mag 9.5 w/SCWD, Auto top-off, (4)80mm fans Corals: Yellow Polyps, Lime Green Shrooms, Hairy Shrooms, White Bubble Coral, Pink Zoos Fish & Inverts: 2 False Perc Clowns, 1 Firefish Goby, 1 Brittle Star, 1 Sand Sifting Star, 10 Hermits, 20 Snails (Nassarius, Turbo, Margarita) ~~Rob

05-27-2005, 02:33 PM	#3
bzbee Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 190	Very nice! Looks better than some of the store bought stuff I've seen. __________________ 2 x Goldfish - $0.09 2 x Ghost Shrimp - $0.60 Look on wife's face when she found out how much I've spent on fish related gear this month - PRICELESS Heatware 164-0-0

05-27-2005, 03:28 PM	#5
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05-27-2005, 09:27 PM	#8
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	thats awesome! __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

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05-27-2005, 07:22 PM	#7
mentallylost Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: May 2005 Location: Olympia, Washington Posts: 289 Images: 6	It's my own custom design, sort of. I saw a stand and canopy that was similar on another forum and just loved it. I had no plans, just the one picture of the other tank. I changed a few things around and this is what I ended up with. I am happy with it though. It is an 80 gallon tank that up until this stand rested on a sturdy but ugly table. I do have a bubble wall stretching the entire length and wrapping around the sides of the tank. They are real fine bubbles. And it is a foil background. The foil was originally green foil from thatfishplace.com and yes it is $0.99 per foot. But the green was just too bright. So I spray painted over it with a black semi-gloss paint. The only coat of paint that was applied was thin, so that when you look from different angles you can still see the green. EDIT- For the moonlights, I made a boxed in rail for the LED's to be housed in. The box is the length of the inside top of the canopy. This rail is then stapled in the top, so when the canopy is opened the lights lift too.

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