Need help with mounting apex

[lviva003]

Hello everyone,

I need some serious help from crafty people. I have an aqueon 36 gallon tank set that I bought from pets mart two years ago. I finally decided to buy a sump for my tank. My only problem is that I have a cables nest issue under my tank. Since I will be adding a sump soon I want to organize all of the apex and cable equipment. I was thinking of mounting the equipment into something but I do not know what. Problems are: I do not want to drill the stand because I feel is not sturdy enough. Also, I want to be able to mount the equipment on the outside of the stand. I also want everything to look neat and nice. Please help! Thanks

 

[lviva003]

Here are some pics. The last two pics show where I would like to mount the apex

 

[rayn]

Get a piece of grade A plywood and stain or paint it to match your decor. You could mount it right to the wall and if you built it out a bit, run all your cable through to the back and inside your stand.

 

[lviva003]

How can I mount it without having to drill the plywood into the stand?

 

[Jimmyb819]

Depending on how and where you put the plywood, you could screw it to the stand and have it reinforce the stand instead of weaken it. I added some 2x4 braces to a store bought stand that I didn't feel was quite sturdy enough. And if you do it on the inside it won't detract from the look of the stand.

 

[Jimmyb819]

If you're dead set against drilling or screwing the stand you could use some industrial double sided tape or sticky sided velcro. A word or warning though, make sure that if something comes loose it will not fall into water!!!

The right way to do it is to mount with screws somehow.

 

[Lenny_S]

Like most folks with everything in the stand, space is tight. For mine I mounted all the Apex equipment to a 2'x3' pine board that I can slide in and out of the stand.

 

[jerseypete]

build another small stand next to it. It keeps the apex out of the humid sump area.