Hooch's 120G

You'd be supprised hooch what ya can come up with really as far as making/building one.
Simple 2/4 with plywood bottom , and then covering with nice wood, oak/cherry etc.

I'd much rather see you with a proper stand.

Think about it , if the tank load is not close enough to "center" and or weight is off to one side or another, this could be one HUGE diasaster for you.
All it takes is an extra straw to break the poor camels back, you should really look into it.
build or buy one for that tank.

 

advise well taken i will look into getting a new one this week... but i think there pretty pricy$$$ maybe the local SW Fish store guy would know where to find one... then again i am doing the hood in cherry... lots to think about!

 

so i think that i'm def. gonna build one. geekdafield made a sweet one that i think i'm ganna try to emulate. if all goes to plan mine will have a cherry casing and be about 10 or 15 inches shorter. ( i have a lot of little cousins and if i made it too high they wouldnt be able to see nemo and dory, lol) anyways if anyone out there has any imput, or anything to guide me it would be greatly appriciated!

 

The pics are of the stand that I am gonna add to. i'm putting double 2x4s on each end to stabilize the tank.









still thinking of building one but i might just buy new hardware for the laminated wood.

 

The canopy I am building for my metal halides.

 

sweet! looks good so far! hey I gotta ask you...you said that tankw as used before for fresh water right? was this your tank and either way were copper based meds ever used?

 

Well I know that i have never used copper. The tank is over 15 years old though so i dont kno what was used in it before I got it. I know before i got the tank it was torn down because the fish had ICH and i believe that there is copper in the medication to treat ich. I was looking at this filter media stuff that removes copper and it says that it removes leached copper out of silicone. I could get this just to be sure. What do you guys think?

 

It seems very risky to me as well...

 

Hello there hooch! here is a link to geeks dyi stand thread, I've use the same principals and worked really good for me. I try to hunt down the one for mine but apparently was removed, or got old one....lol but this here will work for you!
http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/my-diy-stand-125g-pic-intense-49582.html
btw the rest is looking very good!

 

cuprisorb to get rid of it. I keep some in a pair of knee highs(one knee high in another). my snails quit dieing after finding this stuff. that and the ground probe. I would get seom and it lasts a long time.