pic of DIY stand & canopy

[chopstick]

Here are a few pictures of my stand & canopy for my new 225gal. Thanks for looking

 

[mbarta]

looks good to me

 

[Anonymous]

me too

 

[Anonymous]

Hey, looks great

Just a couple of ?

Is that some kind of control box on top of the canopy in the center?

and, how are you going to cover the holes in the ceiling?

I just always wondered what people did to put a chain through a drop ceiling like that.

Bryan

 

[chopstick]

The "box" on top or the canopy is a wave maker(easy access to activate the feed mode) The ceiling tiles were cut (beveled) into 2 pieces, with two small holes notched in them. You can barely notice the cut line.

 

[craw]

Your knobs on the left side doors do not line up. 8O :lol: JK. It look great!

 

[JohnD]

Looks great. What to build one for me? :wink:

 

[dapex]

sorry posted in error

 

[cdeakle]

Did you get plans from somewhere or did you figure it out by yourself?

I'm currently building a stand from the DIY plans at garf.org

Its coming along ok and should be done today but I have found there plans are missing a few things. I would love to see your plans/schematics :wink:

 

[chopstick]

Sorry no plans. i just drew a rough plan and went for it. i'll be more then happy to try and help you with yours. what sort of "things" are missing?

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[Anonymous]

Looks good. Would you mind posting a couple of pics of the inside of the stand and canopy.

 

[cdeakle]

Hey chopstick,

almost have everything done. I will try and finish it tomorrow (saturday) with my mommy :lol: All we have left to do is the "wrapping"

The only problem I'm having now is how to do the front doors. I was gonna put a sheet of 1/4 inch plywood covering the entire front and then cut out squares for the door opening but I want as much room as possible and I dont think this will be a good idea.

All I can think of to do now is to move the center front support back a few inches (now its flush with the front frame) and make to doors that together almost equal the length of the tank and when they shut the will rest against the front support in the middle. I don't know what to do lol

I will take and post pics later tonight and maybe you can help me with my dilema, I will owe you a 12-pack

 

[dlbowlin6698]

Well I guess I'm a newbie on the BB how do I view the pictures. I am in the process of building a 330g plywood tank. I will start my hood next week and want as much info as possible before I start it. :?:


Sorry Slow connection it finally loaded! :?

 

[cdeakle]

plywood tank? why not glass or acrylic???

 

[Supergenius74]

hey if you want info on building your own tank go here http://www.garf.org/tank/buildtank.asp this is a cool site that actually tells you how to build your own tank out of wook/glass/plastic. I often ponder doing this because it would save so much money if one wanted to go really big like 200gal +