Diy Stand

[Josiah]

Okay I'm thinking about making a DIY stand, but I'm not sure I have everything I need, it's going to be a 3ft tank. Now what I'm thinking about doing is stacking 2 cinderblocks on top of each other and then a piece of plywood on top of them, then fabric to hide the cinderblocks and plywood. Is this all I need to do?

 

[Tolak]

How many gallons is this 3 foot tank?

 

[SkiFletch]

Levelling it might be difficult, but otherwise that would work. I'd actually make a box frame out of the timbers just to hold them together, but thats just my oppinion. I made a stand for my 3' 65g out of just 2x4s, works great

 

[Tolak]

Levelling it might be difficult, but otherwise that would work. I'd actually make a box frame out of the timbers just to hold them together, but thats just my oppinion. I made a stand for my 3' 65g out of just 2x4s, works great

That's what I'm trying to figure out, I've seen 3 foot tanks that are anywhere from 30 to 90 gallons, and these are the common sizes. For a 30 gallon with a 3'x1' footprint, cinder block on the 4 corners with 1" plywood should suffice, I would build a frame with 2x4's like you did for a 65, and for a 90 gallon with a 3'x 1.5' footprint I would support the corners, as well as the center using 6 piers of blocks total, along with the 2x4 frame.

 

[Behold]

Levelling it might be difficult, but otherwise that would work. I'd actually make a box frame out of the timbers just to hold them together, but thats just my oppinion. I made a stand for my 3' 65g out of just 2x4s, works great

That's what I'm trying to figure out, I've seen 3 foot tanks that are anywhere from 30 to 90 gallons, and these are the common sizes. For a 30 gallon with a 3'x1' footprint, cinder block on the 4 corners with 1" plywood should suffice, I would build a frame with 2x4's like you did for a 65, and for a 90 gallon with a 3'x 1.5' footprint I would support the corners, as well as the center using 6 piers of blocks total, along with the 2x4 frame.

I have a 3.5ft tank and i made mine on 4 corners and one at the rear. i have puzzle jointed the top sections as they meet to give strength and then a sheet of MDF on the top to remove minor abnormalities. then top with polystyrene....

Then covered the out side as desired.

 

[Josiah]

It's probably going to be 40g's.

 

[divisible by zero]

what i did is built a frame out of 2x4's that was slightly bigger than my tank base, screwed 4 legs into the corners and affixed another frame around the bottom for support. you could easily do the same thing and maybe add another set of legs in the middle.

 

[Josiah]

The only problem with that, is the last time I tried building something I went to the ER .

 

[divisible by zero]

I hear ya bro, i limit myself to low watt hand tools for just that reason.

 

[Josiah]

About how much did it cost you to do it that way?

 

[divisible by zero]

about $1.45 for the screws and $10.00 for a 12pack.
the lumber was all 'found' pieces of fence post and 2x4, but if you were to buy it, i'd say about $12.00 for a 2x4 and 6x6 fence post. I'm trying to find full pics of the stand but can't right now.

 

[divisible by zero]

Oh crap, i made you a drawing of the plans and can't upload it

 

[divisible by zero]

it's ok to laugh.

 

[Josiah]

And I just screw it all together?

 

[kev0101]

You could go over the top like the stand I am making at the moment.

Pic of the frame.

And yes that is a steel frame.