My Diy Cheap And Simple Cabinet And Hood

[Griffin]

Hello all,
I found a 45 Gallon tank with an iron stand outside. The stand was rusting, and the tank had the most amazing mineral deposits. CLR and some sanding took care of that. However I wanted to make a DIY cabinet and hood. Since the money was tight, I opted to add paneling to the iron stand. This project took me a day and cost me about 40$.

Materials used:
1X 8by4 plywood 15$ Canadian, got it cut at Home depot.
Glue 4$
1X L wood to hide joints. 11$ (see pics)

So instead of buying a 300$ hood and stand, by a cheap iron stand and add paneling to it!!
Pics attached below, a work in progress!

The glue I used, very important! I initially planned to use a glue gun

The materials, 1/8 or 3mm thick wood - supposed to be used for paneling but with drywall support, however the stands metal beams are good enough support.

Attaching the front panel

The aquarium with 2 shoplights T8 and T5

The sides go on

View from the front, there is some messy glue but that will be covered later

Some more

Almost done!

With the L joint wood



Now for the hood.
The hood is super low-tech and simple. and quite fragile, however it rests on top of the shop lights

That little cup holds Flourite, just a water test I guess

The DIY Driftwood, found it near stream, hopefully not too contaminated.

And the finished product

ANY COMMENTS/CRITIQUE WELCOME!

 

[shelaghfishface]

hey thats good!! 10/10 for effort

 

[Dan81192]

looks great, think i am gonig to do that with my stand!

 

[iankent]

impressive! looks really good

 

[andrew84uk]

That sir is a 10/10.

For as cheap as that to give a different look and feel to your tank! Absolutly amazing work.

 

[pauly]

Fantastic work. You probably couldn't have bought one that good anyway.

Well done mate

 

[Egmel]

Looks great, I would have been tempted to put a door in the front or side so I could stuff all the junk underneath, but maybe that's just because I have a tiny room!

 

[Griffin]

Thanks all for the great feedback!