Post Your Diy Stands And Canopies Here.

[fish-aholic]

Post your stands and canopies that you have made. 8) Any style welcome as I am trying to get an idea of how to build mine.

 

[showjyr]

Already posted in tropical chat but seeing you have a thread dedicated to stands ect.

The stand is for my 30 gallon tank.

From start to finish it took me about 8 hours to build but it was the weekend so i was in no hurry.

It's framed up with 2x4s and covered with tongue and groove pine. I used 1x3 pine for the trim, and the corners have some 1/4x2 inch, fancy, double beveled, trim...i forget what they are called.

I ended up painting it black to match the tank and light i was planning to use, that and i just like black stands.

My total cost for the build was about $50. Pretty cheap and i could now make another much faster with what i learned.

 

[Tolak]

65 gallon;

 

[fish-aholic]

Showivr, thats looks very neat except i think i would need to construct something with more openings in the front to acess the sump.
Tolak yours looks to be nicely made. Mind taking a picture of the canopy and stand doors open?