Oh wow!
I never thought Vietnamese writing would look like that!
Oh wow!
I believe it is because of the French colonial influence.Oh wow!
I never thought Vietnamese writing would look like that!
Hmm possibly!I believe it is because of the French colonial influence.
Yes, but not vegetarian... The protein version... Hey, I believe this is the decent way to put it...or were you thinking of this type of rack??
Like already mentioned before: It was just the name of the thread...I hope someone has a solution rather than pointless jokes.
It looks more like Thai to me...What language is that on the FB link??
Looks like it's a European language
Thai has it's own, non Western alphabet. IIRC, the French either gave the Vietnamese their alphabet, or for some reason it improved upon the original so they retained it after the French left.It looks more like Thai to me...
Wooooooow... You actually went thereYes, but not vegetarian... The protein version... Hey, I believe this is the decent way to put it...
I have wondered about DIY I've seen a few and I do have a lot of tools but not the skills to go with it! It has made me think though...Okay kids , back on topic. @Wills can you make your own rack from wood ? Building your own lets you have the spacing and dimension you really want. The basic tools you will need are common and if you don't have them everybody else does and will usually loan them to you , or better yet , build your project for you to showcase their skills.
Very good point, mine would be on ground floor on solid concrete, I suppose when you look at the size I'm thinking it could be 100kg per shelf x 3 so 300 litres. I think that would be ok for where mine is.I hope someone has a solution rather than pointless jokes. I thought about a similar thing myself some time ago but the one thing that put me off it, apart from the wife, was the uncertainty of the floor strength. I'd hate to fill a rack with tanks full of water and see it crash into the kitchen.
Thanks! I'll keep an eye out, I am intrigued by the DIY side but also quite terrified haha!@Wills, I have an easy DIY design for tank stands, but can't seem to find it on my home PC...I know I have it saved at work...I'll try to remember to post it here tomorrow
Yeah I've seen quite a few on there but I want something that looks nice too and a lot of them look pretty rough. Probably quite a bit I could do to DIY it but wondering if I could get it cheaper and more what I want visually if I build my own kit?Facebook market place would be a good starting place Wills.
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Definitely a consideration of how it looks and I can picture the wooden ones looking good, I've seen some metal ones with wooden shelves but annoyingly they dont have weight limits on them so imagine they are just decorative.There are some very good metal racks out there and the manufacturers provide load information. @Lynnzer mentioned floor strength. That is a very important consideration and you should consult a contractor if you are planning a very heavy load. The advantage to wood , in my mind , is that you can make it look nice with your choice of finish. Metal looks commercial and utilitarian to me. That is a consideration depending on what room of the house it's going into. With wood don't assemble it with nails or screws on the load bearing portions. Bolt it together because nails and screws break .
This is cool, what do you look for in your racks when you buy them? Anything in particular or am I just over thinking it?Yes, but not vegetarian... The protein version... Hey, I believe this is the decent way to put it...
Like already mentioned before: It was just the name of the thread...
It looks more like Thai to me...
There are so many DIY racks for this purpose. I myself have used metal racks for my tanks And one wooden rack.
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Yes brought a small 5 gallon from nacd. Really good value and well built for the money.Did you get a tank from NACD Aquatics? I've been having a look at their prices and they look pretty good!
At a minimum, you need a vertical member from the bottom right of the center tank/TV that carries straight down to the floor. Otherwise the top right tank will cause a clockwise twisting moment of the center tank. It really needs vertical members in compression on both bottom corners extending to the bottom.View attachment 162968
you could build something like this in metal square tubing which would hold 6 tanks of different sizes plus a nano shrimp tank
spray paint it and put it in the living room and look like furniture so Maria doesn't beat your ass.
Always disguise it as furniture...that's the secret with maria...don't go around making out of wood and looking like trash...
Make it presentable so when someone comes over she can brag about it even if she hates fish xD
Those lines would be overflow lines behind the tanks so you'd only change water in the top tank and it would be a single system
bottom right could be a sump if you so wished...
or better yet...make it so it fits the tv and have the TV in the centre of it all so it acts as a tv stand slash fish rack xD
you have the support in the center the middle top horizontal will push to the side and its weight added to the middle support much like "roman bridges" work...At a minimum, you need a vertical member from the bottom right of the center tank/TV that carries straight down to the floor. Otherwise the top right tank will cause a clockwise twisting moment of the center tank. It really needs vertical members in compression on both bottom corners extending to the bottom.
You can get creative like this when storing knick-knacks that are a few kilos, but with dozens, or possibly hundreds of kilos, you need to have basic statics knowledge.