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Check out my old cube :) 24" x 24" tank, sitting on a 36" square stand. 3x3" solid poplar corners, 3/4" poplar ply, dado joinery, glued and clamped, in matte black. I had a daughter finish the 'shelf' around that system with a mosaic tile design. Stand could have doubled as a stool for an elephant.
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Nice!Check out my old cube :) 24" x 24" tank, sitting on a 36" square stand. 3x3" solid poplar corners, 3/4" poplar ply, dado joinery, glued and clamped, in matte black. I had a daughter finish the 'shelf' around that system with a mosaic tile design. Stand could have doubled as a stool for an elephant.
My tank sits in a corner. I’m thinking about putting it somewhere else but that’s where it has been. I’m a stickler for symmetry so an offset counter wouldn’t work but a full border like that is what I’d like. Gives me a place to set something down.
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Nothing asymmetrical about a corner stand with a ledge on two sides...
I had a thread on RC at one time entitled 'A place to rest my beverage' :) I got rid of that cube some time back, but my new peninsula has an even wider shelf around the perimeter.
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Yes @Greybeard I have read your build and I envy your useable counter/bar space. The reason I would offset is to allow my wife to place some FISH (her definition of Reef) related decorea and soften the presence of the glass box in the room and......for me to use when needed:D
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Absolutely right! I’m updating my drawing. I think I found a new issue though regarding my light mount... to be continued!
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Great ideas here. I like the armpit mesure that @Greybeard uses. Built a few stands and did not ever think about this practice.
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Could be an option... I really like my light mount though.
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Yeah, I have a carved, painted (freshwater) angelfish, and two abstract metal 'fish' wall hangings as decor, both were my wife's donations to the cause. The coral and fish painted on the shelf, however, were my idea, even if not my artwork... I can't draw a straight line with a ruler, my daughter Kaitlyn is the artist, on both the new peninsula stand, and the mosaic tile on my old cube stand. My artistic additions were in the design of the system itself, and the 1" tall brass model of the antique diving helmet I keep on the shelf :)
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Depends on the implementation... I had an arm mount on my cube that worked out very well. To hang a 48 x 24" T5 unit, without having some support on the viewable end of the peninsula, would have required a welded steel boom lag bolted to the wall :) Ceiling mount solved the problem nicely. I actually positioned the aquarium with this in mind, aligning the ceterline with the edge of one of the box beams on my vaulted ceiling, specifically to be able to easily hang the light.
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Here is the concept drawing with the door design. I like it! Hope the wife does too. :) What is nice about this in addition to the design is that it gives space for air to flow through the sump area and relieve some of the humidity.
Now here's the problem.... My light mount is designed to sit flush to the back of the tank and center my light over the tank. Best base is I can get it to be a few inches back from the center. That's gonna drive my OCD nuts!
View from the top. The light gray is the shelf, light blue is the tank, dark blue is the light, black is the light mount. The dark blue line in the white opening is the frame of the stand. The stuff in gray and red is my drain and overflow.
Now here's the problem.... My light mount is designed to sit flush to the back of the tank and center my light over the tank. Best base is I can get it to be a few inches back from the center. That's gonna drive my OCD nuts!
View from the top. The light gray is the shelf, light blue is the tank, dark blue is the light, black is the light mount. The dark blue line in the white opening is the frame of the stand. The stuff in gray and red is my drain and overflow.
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I like it, has air flow for the sump!!Here is the concept drawing with the door design. I like it! Hope the wife does too. :) What is nice about this in addition to the design is that it gives space for air to flow through the sump area and relieve some of the humidity.
Now here's the problem.... My light mount is designed to sit flush to the back of the tank and center my light over the tank. Best base is I can get it to be a few inches back from the center. That's gonna drive my OCD nuts!
View from the top. The light gray is the shelf, light blue is the tank, dark blue is the light, black is the light mount. The dark blue line in the white opening is the frame of the stand. The stuff in gray and red is my drain and overflow.
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80/20 is some cool stuff. I have seen some nice stands left open using 80/20:)
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Widen the base a bit more, and put the attachment point on the inside of the frame :)
On my old cube, I had an external return. Mounted a bulkhead in the 'shelf' for the return to pass through, though it wasn't under water. Wonder if you could do the same... drill for a bulkhead, and ream out a bulkhead so that the mount pole would pass through it unobstructed, but tight enough to make it look right.
On my old cube, I had an external return. Mounted a bulkhead in the 'shelf' for the return to pass through, though it wasn't under water. Wonder if you could do the same... drill for a bulkhead, and ream out a bulkhead so that the mount pole would pass through it unobstructed, but tight enough to make it look right.
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You must be an Architectural EngineerHere is the concept drawing with the door design. I like it! Hope the wife does too. :) What is nice about this in addition to the design is that it gives space for air to flow through the sump area and relieve some of the humidity.
Now here's the problem.... My light mount is designed to sit flush to the back of the tank and center my light over the tank. Best base is I can get it to be a few inches back from the center. That's gonna drive my OCD nuts!
View from the top. The light gray is the shelf, light blue is the tank, dark blue is the light, black is the light mount. The dark blue line in the white opening is the frame of the stand. The stuff in gray and red is my drain and overflow.
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Wider? I have it on the inside now and it will be off by about 3”. I guess that’s not terrible.
Haha. Nope. Electrical undergrad and mechanical grad. :)
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That’s what my mount is. The flat 80/20. The guys that made it don’t produce them anymore :(New 80/20 diy light bracket in the works
edit : I have been wanting to try this with the flat alum (not 4-side) and have a slim mount
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