My own reef to come.

[LuckyFish]

Hi guys, I had a look into my garage. Look, not walk as it's just packed.

 

[LuckyFish]

I thought, there must be some usefull stuff laying/standing in there to set up a tank.

I came across this board. It belongs to a tank 900 x 600 mm, 500 mm high. I found that tank as well.

 

[LuckyFish]

Can someone help me out here? Things changed here on MASA. How does one carry on writing below a picture?

 

[LuckyFish]

I found some chip board and some fabric. So I made a drawing.

 

[LuckyFish]

So I had some wood cut, used wood dye and wood sealer to match the coffee table.


The fabric I still had was an off cut from the curtains.


Here is a close up which shows the texture.

 

[JohnDoe]

Glad to see you're back. Good luck with the build

 

[LuckyFish]

Glad to see you're back. Good luck with the build

Thanks bud. Kinda missed Masa

 

[jclaas]

I also have a three foot tank at the moment. Your digital render looks awesome, I am tagging along with this thread!

 

[LuckyFish]

I also have a three foot tank at the moment. Your digital render looks awesome, I am tagging along with this thread!

The stand and tank is already standing in front of me. So you can compare soon what the reality looks like.

 

[LuckyFish]

After cutting the fabric, I covered the side and front panel.

 

[LuckyFish]

Side and front panels are covered. Now I mounted the wood to the side panels.

 

[RiaanP]

I like the panels. Different than just wood. And easier to match the rest of the décor in the house.

 

[LuckyFish]

Front panel with poles

 

[wilkenr]

Tagging along. Good luck to the build and look forward to see what you come up with.

 

[jclaas]

Clean look.

 

[LuckyFish]

I like the panels. Different than just wood. And easier to match the rest of the décor in the house.

Yes it is. Once seen such option, you get the idea with what one can play with. Even wall paper. Every two years painted in a new colour and the stand goes with the fashion.

 

[jclaas]

What methiod did you use to fix panels to poles as I assume you do not want to see screws on your stand face?

 

[LuckyFish]

Now it's taking shape.

 

[LuckyFish]

What methiod did you use to fix panels to poles as I assume you do not want to see screws on your stand face?

I should have taken more pictures with more detail. What you can't see is that the front panel is 6cm wider than you can see it. So I put screws from the back of the panel into the poles. Same I did with the horizontal wood pieces. Take note that the sidepanels stand out more than the front panel.

Oh wait, I have the sketch up modell. Will take a screenshot quickly.
To connect the side panels to the front poles I used these metal L-shaped things.
No clue what they are called actually.
I also used them to connect the back poles to the side panels.
The old top board with the styrofoam has got two long screws into each pole in the corners.

 

[LuckyFish]

That's the nearly finished product.

Now the real work starts. Filtration, lights and most important aquascaping. Having a width of 600mm with a height of only 500mm, there will be something awesome possible. Got already a rough idea.