150g Acrylic Aquarium Making the Stand Skeleton DIY

[mrpmj00]

Acrylic tanks are supposed to have a fully supported bottom, not hollow as I see in your video.

[AReptileMan]

Go with a door on the side or end to get the sump in and out better.

[Glissonshoods]

SPEAK UP can barely hear you

[jurycom]

This is a nice layout except for one thing: it is weak. There is no "shear" strength. With a minor temblor, or other shaking, this design will fail. Needed are (A) at least two diagonals or (B) at least two sides of the the framework sided. Short of this, this design is a recipe for disaster.

[awinski999]

dude i made a stand for my 125 adn my 75 gallon and i definately would have used 4x4s for the verticle supports. mine have both been up and running for 1 year now with no problwms. btw plywood makes great doors when painted and its super cheap.

[095340002]

did you build that tank to

[LordoftheReef]

@095340002 the tank was purchased used

[ZurichONE95]

hey man did you finish the stand yet?? Im in the process of building mine right now, but Im doing it black, and having molding, POST A VID UPDATE! for the 150 of coarse!

[LordoftheReef]

@ZurichONE95 I haven't really done much to the stand. I plan on getting everything together, namely the plumbing, and then skinning the stand. I am not going to do anything super fancy for the stand as I want it to be really inexpensive. It is going to have to be torn down when we move since it won't fit through the door to the bedroom, so I don't see much sense in spending much money on it.

[ZurichONE95]

@LordoftheReef Yeah I get what you mean. I think Im going to just do the sides, and then paint it and get everything going, plumbing wise and getting everything situated, in case of problems. Then have the front where doors usually are, come completely off. So just a plain piece of wood. I still have to work on my canopy. But saturday im getting the sump and tank, so check my page for an update! thanks

[zcookies6969]

@karl2252166 your a ginormous fagot..

[PabloAlonzo48]

ui got it man thanks anyways i was makin the holes to deep

[LordoftheReef]

LOL thanks for the comment. Never smoked a thing in my life though!

[PabloAlonzo48]

Thank you very much for posting up your vid bro i think i will ave my $400 and make a stand for my 180 gallon tank nd as fo karl2252fag, he is mad because he could not understand the garf calc man great vid thank you

[LordoftheReef]

Happy I could help. Make a video response to this one and show off your stand if you get a chance. I should have some more vids coming up soon as I finally gathered everything I need to get the tank started!

[PabloAlonzo48]

yea i will i hope it turns out good like your i posted up a video of the fish tank im going to be building a stand for thanks man :) be safe

[PabloAlonzo48]

h i need help i went out and bought everything wood and all and im practecing wit the hole jig thing its exaxtly like yours i drill but once i put the screw in the hole and it goes through the wood is still loose can you help thank you

[ZurichONE95]

I cant wait to see the final tank. Please post a video asap THANKS 5 stars!!!!!!

[LordoftheReef]

Was planning on starting with 100 pounds and see how it looks. I am not as big a fan of filling the tank up to the brim with live rock as others are. There was a local reefer selling 100 pounds for 250 bucks which I was supposed to get but due to some unexpected bills I wasn't able to snag it. $2.50/lb is an awesome price, hoping to find as good a price as that if at all possible. If I go with over 100lbs I'll probably mix in some base rock to offest costs.

[yournamehere954]

I made my own stand for a 200 gallon acrylic aquarium thats 8ft long. WHen I placed it on stand it did not sit flat and had a slight rock. I thought it was the stand but then I put it on the floor it did the same thing. The tank is uneven on the bottom to make a long story short. I wanted to know what could cause this or was this built like this? Also is this safe if I use a sheet of foam board between the tank and stand?

[LordoftheReef]

I am having a hard time understanding how an acrylic tank is not flat on the bottom. Is there some sort of trim around the bottom edge? To be honest it sounds like a shoddy construction job if it is uneven from the getgo. I personally would be nervous filling a tank, especially that size, with water. The reason is you want even pressure all around and even wedging some foam in there might not work in the long run unless you are really good at your measurements and execution. Even then, risky IMO

[yournamehere954]

There is no trim. Im pretty sure it was built that way cause I dont know of anything that could deform acrylic. The tank is used so im pretty sure who ever had it used it the same way. I added foam and filled it up and it still sits uneven cause the foam did not press like I expected it to. I will proberly use a thicker foam. This set up will be a in wall aquarium and will sit in my garage so im not to concerned if it fails. I just want to know if I can prevent it cause I do really like the tank

[SLE335]

Looking good! You are making great progress. I forward to seeing the next phase!

[hotdoghee123]

looks good

[Colingus30]

looks good so far. Are you going to keep the nano also or transfer everything over to the 150 gallon

[LordoftheReef]

I will probably keep the nano. The stuff in the nano would only fill a TINY corner of its big brother.