good11s
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My stand sucks. Don’t get me wrong; it looks pretty good, it holds up my 75g SW tank, but it still sucks. The internal dimensions or the storage capacity of the stand is horrible; nothing will fit underneath. The top and the bottom are offset by the sides, and the center braces are equally offset.
I want to add a sump/fuge filter underneath my stand and I am very interested in some of the DIY designs I have seen on this site. Such as:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=53046&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
or,
http://www.melevsreef.com/
I have also been searching several LFS; looking at prefab units that I could purchase but none of them would fit under my sucky stand since most of the basic ones are at least 10” deep and the maximum depth of my sucky stand is 9 13/16”.
Now you see my dilemma.
My dilemma continues since I don’t want to drain my tank, bag the fishes, corals, inverts, mushrooms, anemones; or remove my LR. Especially since getting the damn LR in that configuration may be difficult to duplicate. All just to switch stands.
Any ideas?
I have been shopping my LFS and I have found a couple of stands that are a bit more spacious and rectangular, and provide better capacity underneath the tank. Additionally, they are affordable enough to fit my already reduced (wife found out how much I have already spent on this “hobby”) budget.
Here is my proposal, tell me if I am insane.
I will remove 15-20% of the water; which I would replace with fresh SW during a planned PWC. Then I would remove an additional 20% (15g) of the water; saving it to replace back into the tank after it was moved. That would leave me with about 40g of water (estimate 8.3lb per gallon); 30lb of LS (1-2”); 100-120lb of LR; livestock (neglible weight); and the tank itself 20lbs. That would be 332lb+30lb+120lb+20lb=502lbs roughly.
Then I would place the new stand directly in front of the old stand (fortunately there is no lip on the old stand); and offer beer and pizza to two or three of my largest mates to help me slide the tank from the old stand to the new stand.
One item I failed to mention was my old sucky stand was not deep enough for the tank; it was short about 1.5”. So I cut ½” plywood to fit the bottom of the tank and support the weight evenly. This may aid in keeping the tank stable when I “we” slide the tank onto the new stand; then the plywood could be slid out or even left underneath the tank if necessary.
I have tried to attach a picture of my current tank as reference. Any advise or comments would be appreciated.
I want to add a sump/fuge filter underneath my stand and I am very interested in some of the DIY designs I have seen on this site. Such as:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=53046&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
or,
http://www.melevsreef.com/
I have also been searching several LFS; looking at prefab units that I could purchase but none of them would fit under my sucky stand since most of the basic ones are at least 10” deep and the maximum depth of my sucky stand is 9 13/16”.
Now you see my dilemma.
My dilemma continues since I don’t want to drain my tank, bag the fishes, corals, inverts, mushrooms, anemones; or remove my LR. Especially since getting the damn LR in that configuration may be difficult to duplicate. All just to switch stands.
Any ideas?
I have been shopping my LFS and I have found a couple of stands that are a bit more spacious and rectangular, and provide better capacity underneath the tank. Additionally, they are affordable enough to fit my already reduced (wife found out how much I have already spent on this “hobby”) budget.
Here is my proposal, tell me if I am insane.
I will remove 15-20% of the water; which I would replace with fresh SW during a planned PWC. Then I would remove an additional 20% (15g) of the water; saving it to replace back into the tank after it was moved. That would leave me with about 40g of water (estimate 8.3lb per gallon); 30lb of LS (1-2”); 100-120lb of LR; livestock (neglible weight); and the tank itself 20lbs. That would be 332lb+30lb+120lb+20lb=502lbs roughly.
Then I would place the new stand directly in front of the old stand (fortunately there is no lip on the old stand); and offer beer and pizza to two or three of my largest mates to help me slide the tank from the old stand to the new stand.
One item I failed to mention was my old sucky stand was not deep enough for the tank; it was short about 1.5”. So I cut ½” plywood to fit the bottom of the tank and support the weight evenly. This may aid in keeping the tank stable when I “we” slide the tank onto the new stand; then the plywood could be slid out or even left underneath the tank if necessary.
I have tried to attach a picture of my current tank as reference. Any advise or comments would be appreciated.