150g Acrylic Aquarium Making the Stand Skeleton DIY

Just a bit of a step by step of my DIY stand for my 150g. It was really easy to do with a minimal amount of tools. If you want to check out the website where I found plans for making a stand for ANY sized aquarium, go to http://www.garf.org/index.shtml There are plenty of DIY plans and tons and tons of useful information about keeping saltwater livestock.

As always, let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything!

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Science & Technology

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• 150g
• aquarium
• stand
• DIY

[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.

[Colingus30]

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

[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.

[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