I came across this great deal that I just couldn’t pass by. A friend of mine, who I introduced to the hobby, was looking for a bigger tank. He found a great plug and play setup and the seller also had an SCA cube tank that was also plug and play. It came with a diablo, protein skimmer, varios return, g3 radion, heater and a nice ato reservoir, as well as some miscellaneous equipment. I went to go pickup his setup and ended up leaving with this one as well. I actually got everything for $150, which I think is a great deal. The only catch was that it didn’t come with a stand. After researching stands, I couldn’t find anything that I liked. Almost all of them have very limited access to the sump area which is my biggest issue. I want something with a wide opening that’ll allow me to work comfortably in my sump. So I decided to build my own stand . This was about 2 months ago and after intense negotiations with the wife, the build can finally move forward!
Im going to start by building the stand. It’s going to be 24x 24 and made out of wood. I found a couple of good videos and articles about diy stands. I bought the wood and a pocket hole jig this weekend. I plan on starting the stand this friday. I have a 36x36 space that the tanks going in so I might decide to make the stand a little wider and maybe use the extra length as fish stuff shelves or a controller/power area. I haven’t figured it out yet.
hopefully this build thread will turn out better than my last one. I started it and never updated it.
Im going to start by building the stand. It’s going to be 24x 24 and made out of wood. I found a couple of good videos and articles about diy stands. I bought the wood and a pocket hole jig this weekend. I plan on starting the stand this friday. I have a 36x36 space that the tanks going in so I might decide to make the stand a little wider and maybe use the extra length as fish stuff shelves or a controller/power area. I haven’t figured it out yet.
hopefully this build thread will turn out better than my last one. I started it and never updated it.