Seano's 29G Reef

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by Seano Hermano, Feb 11, 2011.

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  1. Seano Hermano

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    Normally I can go to my phone and press "share photos." It hasn't been working lately. I might try tapatalk.
     
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    AArrgh!

    I decided to have some fun and see what the 55g(I had it in the garage already) would look like on the stand...yeah, it would probably look like a 55 gallon tank on a stand.

    Well I went and lifted it up and set it on the stand.
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    I lined it up to the edges of the stand. Then I realized the tank is longer than the stand...it's about a 3/8" difference. Hmm...what should I do?

    I have a headache now..
     
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    I may add some of the 1/2" ply to one end of the stand. Then I will build off of that.
     
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    hey when you built that stand, I forget did you build it to be able to hold a 55g and the ability to upgrade to a 75g? or what is with the middle part??
     
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    The stand was built for my 75 with a cabinet behind it. I made it wide enough to fit a 55g sump underneath with a 10g ato tank behind. Because the stand is 24" wide I can upgrade to a 120 later on if I decide to do so. Simply remove the rear cabinet(not built in) and switch out the tanks. Keep the 55g sump.
     
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    The middle brace is where the back of the 75 will be sitting on the stand.
     
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    OMG I see a stand and a tank. Congrats Seano. Now I got to go back and see what I missed.
     
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    Yeah that's the 55 sump...just having fun. I can finally see this coming together. I have some awesome ides for the background. Not black. Not blue.

    I filled the small edges in the stand b/w the 2X4 with adhesive caulk. I will sand it all down and repaint it for a nice waterproof stand.
     
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    gotcha, yeah Im thinking of doing something similar as well, I'm just about to build a new stand for my 55g and I'm thinking of building an extra thing in case I want to upgrade to a 75, that way I don't have to build another stand later haha :D
     
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    That's cool. The stand is 24" so with a 75g tank, I will have an 8" wide cabinet behind it. This will hide the overflow/return lines and some of the electrical. The cabinet/stand will sit almost flush against the wall(excluding floor trim width).
     
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