swissian Posted March 2, 2015 Report Posted March 2, 2015 Having finally finished my education, I have the time to resurrect my old 58 gallon tank. Sadly, in the great move up North, I had to leave behind its stand. For the past 3.5 years, this poor tank has languished in the basement as all of its inhabitants, including fish I had had for many years, did not survive a 3 day drive despite preventative measures. This is the tank in its algae infested glory 4 years ago: It grew MTS very well: Currently, I am completing the stand for it following hydrophte's raw industrial style. The building material on top of the messy wood pile in the basement (I'm still cleaning up from a hot water pipe leak) Makeshift work table: Staining the wood: In action concentration shot: First coat of poly: Luckily, the swissian is short and so does not hit her head on the beams in this 200 year old basement. Updates will be soon! Edwardnah, fishyd, chibikaie and 3 others 6 Quote
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 3, 2015 Report Posted March 3, 2015 Lookin good! BTW I'm 5' 6" beat that! LOL Quote
swissian Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Posted March 3, 2015 5'3"! That's why lower stands are better! Soothing Shrimp and chibikaie 2 Quote
TheGardenofEder Posted March 3, 2015 Report Posted March 3, 2015 I'm 6'2" and need a step stool for some of my racks still swissian and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote
swissian Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Posted March 3, 2015 I have a step stool for the kitchen zodiac and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote
chibikaie Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 I have a step stool for everything. (I'm shorter than both of you.) Quote
chibikaie Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 It's a very important half inch. aquariumlover10 and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote
swissian Posted March 17, 2015 Author Report Posted March 17, 2015 Just "finished" the stand. I still need to build a shelf for the bottom portion of the stand. metageologist, fishyd, eozen81 and 2 others 5 Quote
metageologist Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Nice brackets are they decorative or functional. And where did you find them. have a gneiss day Quote
swissian Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Posted March 18, 2015 Functional and i got them at home depot. h4n 1 Quote
swissian Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Posted March 20, 2015 How much for brackets? $6.84 a piece so $55 total. They were the most expensive part of the build. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote
swissian Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Posted April 9, 2015 Slowly filling it up! Bonus Shrimp Pics: Bonus Bonus Shrimp Video: Quote
swissian Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Posted April 11, 2015 New light fixture is 50% complete! I still need to solder on the driver for 60 additional watts of LED lighting! Quote
swissian Posted June 10, 2015 Author Report Posted June 10, 2015 I finally finished the light! Way behind schedule! Shrimpie 1 Quote
Dendrobatez Posted June 14, 2015 Report Posted June 14, 2015 Nice lighting, how much did it cost in the end? Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk Quote
mayphly Posted June 14, 2015 Report Posted June 14, 2015 That stand is bad ass! I like the medieval look! Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote
DETAquarium Posted June 19, 2015 Report Posted June 19, 2015 Great work on your stand! Look forward to the scape and fauna. shrimpfreak 1 Quote
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