diy stand build

This is my first DIY stand build thread. I built this stand a couple years ago and am finally getting around to writing it up. Some background first. At the beginning of the pandemic my company sent us all home and I have been working remote since. As part of fitting out my office I decided to...

Hey Everyone, This is going to be the build thread for my DIY AIO 20 Gallon Long Reef. Everything was built from scratch. This idea has been in my head for years, and has finally come to fruition. To begin, I designed the stand. I work from home (even before COVID came around) and wanted to...

Hey everyone. I’m building a stand for a tank I got a while back and I’ve been trying to see how to get a similar quality feel to something such as the Red Sea Reefer Stand. So far, I’ve found out that the doors are epoxy coated, but doing that in a home setting would take a lot of materials and...

Hey gang, I had the good fortune of buying a custom built 300 gallon glass aquarium and custom built stand from my dentist a few months back. I've been telling him for a few years that I want to buy the aquarium because he didn't ever have any water in it (the previous dentist in the practice...

I am about 50% done with my aquarium stand build - it will be for a 90 gallon tank, 42" long, 24" wide. I am using 2X4s, and I was focused on finding really straight pieces when I picked out the lumber at home depot. I am using 226 Stimson Kiln Dried HEM FIR STUDs. It is very straight and dry...