And if you are looking to add some equipment, I do sell GHL, Pax Bellum, Reef Octopus Calcium and Kalk Reactors and Royal Exclusiv products, including Dreamboxes, which is the equipment I use and recommend. If you would like some help with a new tank build, including help designing a custom aquarium, or help re-configuring your current setup then you can visit this page for more information. The stand blended it quite nicely with the style of the room and the other tank stand. Overall, I was quite pleased with the outcome. I didn’t want to risk having the tank movers knock off the trim during the move. The plan was to wait for the tank to be placed on the stand and then have Steve come back to put on the trim. At this point there is no trim at the top of the stand. Once Steve was done assembling the stand I broke out my paint brush again to apply the finish coat. Most of the equipment will be kept in the remote sump room but the controllers and power bricks for the re-circulating pumps as well as the light ballasts will be underneath the stand. Some additional vertical supports were added to re-enforce the stand. Panels were installed on three sides of the stand and on one side the panels opened up as doors to give me access underneath. It would have to be assembled in our basement since it would be too wide to fit through the door. Time to PaintĪfter the wood arrived I sprung into action and applied one coat of primer and two coats of finish paint to every piece.Ī couple of weeks later Steve came back to put together the stand. There was also plywood for the bottom, top and side frames of the stand. The wood he was going to use for the trim and exterior panels was poplar, a type of wood most commonly used to make furniture. A few weeks after I placed the call he swung by to drop off the materials. He is a great guy and a very talented carpenter. I contacted the guy who built our house, Steve Werner, and got him on board to build the stand. The trim and doors in the basement and the rest of the house is a shaker style so I wanted the stand to blend in with that design. The stand for the 187 gallon tank has some fluted trim, a bit fancy, but I wanted a more basic look for the new stand. For my 187 gallon tank I have a wooden stand painted white and the plan was to copy that look with this stand. Nonetheless, I went with another custom wooden stand. Perhaps I am wrong but I did look briefly into a modular aluminum stand and it was not cheap. However, my perception is that it would be even costlier to go with a metal stand and have it skinned with wood. In the past my stands have been 100% wood and they were pricey since they were custom, furniture quality stands. You can go with 100% wood or you can have a wooden skin over a metal frame made of aluminum or steel. Two main choices exist with this material. In regards to aquarium stands, my preference in terms of the look is wood. This is Part #4 in a series of blog posts about my 225 gallon peninsula tank build.
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