Hey everyone!
I'm looking for some advice on how to finish the inside of my aquarium stand. I'm feeling like i'm having a hard time with figuring out what to do with this so please give me some ideas. My stand, photo below is a steel stand on leveling feet. There are no walls or floor on the stand, just an open metal frame. it has removable panels to access what is underneath.
I will have my sump down there and i need to be able to mount all of my electrical equipment. I am thinking about putting a back wall and a floor made out of plywood. Also probably a wall at the right end of the sump, perpendicular to the back wall for mounting equipment.
I've never done a project like this before so any feedback on how to do this would be really great. I'm also considering just buying a cabinet from ikea and putting all of my equipment in there next to the tank. My concern with this is i'm going to have a lot of wires and tubes running back and forth between the stand and electrical cabinet. I want it to look as neat as I can make it while still having it be possible to remove equipment for servicing.
Also as a side note. I'm concerned about the positioning of the electrical outlet, its a gfci, but the return plumbing will end up going directly above it. Should I consider moving the outlet that i just had put in?
I'm looking for some advice on how to finish the inside of my aquarium stand. I'm feeling like i'm having a hard time with figuring out what to do with this so please give me some ideas. My stand, photo below is a steel stand on leveling feet. There are no walls or floor on the stand, just an open metal frame. it has removable panels to access what is underneath.
I will have my sump down there and i need to be able to mount all of my electrical equipment. I am thinking about putting a back wall and a floor made out of plywood. Also probably a wall at the right end of the sump, perpendicular to the back wall for mounting equipment.
I've never done a project like this before so any feedback on how to do this would be really great. I'm also considering just buying a cabinet from ikea and putting all of my equipment in there next to the tank. My concern with this is i'm going to have a lot of wires and tubes running back and forth between the stand and electrical cabinet. I want it to look as neat as I can make it while still having it be possible to remove equipment for servicing.
Also as a side note. I'm concerned about the positioning of the electrical outlet, its a gfci, but the return plumbing will end up going directly above it. Should I consider moving the outlet that i just had put in?