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saw my mate yesterday and 0rganised for him to weld me up a steel stand to hold 4, 4 foot tanks . i am going to have two shelves so it will look like i 2 8 foot tanks with room at either end to have hob filters etc , any other ideas anyone?

OH TOLEEDY!

If you are having someone make a custom stand for you then there are a lot of things that you could do. The first question you already anwsered with what size tanks and how many. The seconc thing is how much room do you have. Have fun with it and post some pics. I have been making my own stands out of wood. It is nice be cause you make them how you want them. Good luck!!

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
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Have him put in some holes that you can use to attach straps for organizing electrical cords and tubing. Have one or two electrical outlets in the back that you can use to gang plugs and that can be conveniently turned off.

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I now build all my own stands, something to consider adding to single level stands would be shelving, either for books or equipment. In my stands that I build for tanks 55 and up I incorporate a book shelf at one end and a cabinet in the other. The bookshelf comes in handy for nicknacks, books, whatever, and the cabinet is for the pumps and filters. Inside the cabinet I will also hide all my wiring for the tank. Lights have there own plug recepticle with an on off switch and another recepticle for the pumps and filters with its own on off switch. Inside the cabinet portion I also hard wire an appliance style bulb which greatly eases working on filters. Another thing to consider is a dump rail. Every stand now gets a dump rail installed, this is nothing more than a decorative strip around the 3 facing sides of the stand top. This hides the base of the tank as well as keeping the tank from being knocked from the stand.

Tanker,

Do you have pictures?

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

I am building a new stand in my garage for a 125 wings, will try n get you some pics.

I need to build my self a new stand here sometime really soon before I move into my new place. I want it to house two 4' tanks. I am probably going to be doing it out of wood because I am not great at welding. Plus I have some left over from my last project.

55G Planted tank thread
19G Container Pond
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric

I will try to get you pictures of the twin 55 I am building as well, it will need to be 8'1 1/2" long in order to fit the tanks on it side by side btw.