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Hey all, I'm in the process of starting to upgrade my set up and I'd like to upgrade my stand. The prices for aquarium furniture in all of the LFS here in Calgary are all a bit too much for me, considering they are MDF or steel frame. My question is if anyone has found some IKEA furniture, or second-hand cabinets, etc....that could be braced and reinforced to act as an aquarium stand. The biggest tank I'll probably go to right now would be a 33 gallon. So the stand would need to hold at least 450lbs, I'd imagine. Or are aquarium stands like one you'd find at bigals or piscies worth the money?
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So, Fisher had inspired me to build a corner stand for my 60 gallon. I have built it now and have taken pictures along the way, Enjoy This is the base. I know, its not uber supportive looking, but it doesnt need to be. All this is intended to do it keep the bottom square and hold my fishy junk This is the top. Notice all the studs. This is designed the same way as you floor at home (only much closer together) It will rest on little 'walls' that I will build. The studs at the angled piece are closer to together mainly because I was having fun cutting them lol. My walls. I built these the very same way that a framer would. L studs and all. Dry fitting the walls to the 'decks'. All went according to plan, so I screwed the whole thing together. Happy me Once assembled, I sheeted the tops with 3/8 plywood. I got the rough stuff. The kind with the smooth finish on top is uber expensive. Once I had the sheeting glued and screwed, I went to work with the wood filler, filling all the screw holes on the top and the bigger defects.
