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I build all my stands just like that! I put bracing all around though like you have on one corner. Nice sturdy design. I've yet to put cabinets on but plan to sometimes in future.
I should be done with the stand in about 2 days hopefully. Any ideas on how I can mount led lights on top of the tank? I don't want to hang the lights. I'm trying to find a way to have the lights raised about 6 inches off the water line without having to build a canopy. My lights are similar to the Taotronic lights.
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How about connecting a pair of brackets on the wall behind and using a piece of glass as a shelf? Then the lights can sit right on it, as well as whatever else you want to put there.
Sounds good I'm gonna try that but I need to somehow create a bracket that attaches to the aquarium and then put the glass on it. My wife agreed to the aquarium but not moving the mirror that will be hung behind the aquarium so no access to the wall for me.
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You can bend it in store with their tool and not have to purchase it...which is what i did, or they sell fittings and elbows and stuff you can simply screw together. Don't forget a can of black spray paint!
It should be ok. I run a mag5 on my 55 setup and simply have it restricted on the return line with a ball valve. It is actually healthy for the pump and something I always suggest.
I have seen it done. Some worry about silicates leaching from the quartz sand, but I just don't see how this is possible, since our glass tanks don't leach anything. Everything I've read thus far states that quartz cannot break down into solution. At least not in 78 degree salt water. I do like the buffering capability of a calcium based substrate however.