Hello all,
I'm new to the forum, but have followed as a non-member over a long period of time to soak in a lot of the great advice people have provided over the years.
My goal with this thread is to showcase my "last" tank, so I've told the girlfriend, and to receive feedback and or suggestions from the community throughout the process to help me along the way.
My plan is to design and build my own stand out of aluminum extrusion, using 30/30 profile, white acrylic or Lexan to skin, and I am currently on the fence about what to top the cabinet with and to use as shelving. The tank I am set on is an Innovative marine 40L to replace my current 33G long tank. I currently live in a condo, and am planning this build to takeover my current tank but in a better spot with more practicality for the long run. I hope to build off of the aquarium stand with more extrusion to create shelving/storage space to fill the whole wall to the depth of the tank.
The stand will be in the range of 36"x20"x36" and will be placed in the middle of a 7' wall in our den, either the left or right side will consist of a 24"x20"x108" "bookshelf" and the opposite side is open for discussion or to simply be a mirror.
I will update with photos as time passes and am looking forward to anyone's opinions and suggestions!
Let this be my official build thread and we will see how things pan out.
Thank you for your interest,
Ian
I'm new to the forum, but have followed as a non-member over a long period of time to soak in a lot of the great advice people have provided over the years.
My goal with this thread is to showcase my "last" tank, so I've told the girlfriend, and to receive feedback and or suggestions from the community throughout the process to help me along the way.
My plan is to design and build my own stand out of aluminum extrusion, using 30/30 profile, white acrylic or Lexan to skin, and I am currently on the fence about what to top the cabinet with and to use as shelving. The tank I am set on is an Innovative marine 40L to replace my current 33G long tank. I currently live in a condo, and am planning this build to takeover my current tank but in a better spot with more practicality for the long run. I hope to build off of the aquarium stand with more extrusion to create shelving/storage space to fill the whole wall to the depth of the tank.
The stand will be in the range of 36"x20"x36" and will be placed in the middle of a 7' wall in our den, either the left or right side will consist of a 24"x20"x108" "bookshelf" and the opposite side is open for discussion or to simply be a mirror.
I will update with photos as time passes and am looking forward to anyone's opinions and suggestions!
Let this be my official build thread and we will see how things pan out.
Thank you for your interest,
Ian