gravel_digger
Members
nice and there is nothing like building your own stands.....
chriscoli
Administrator
Two tanks are on...
dogofwar
CCA Members
Great job - looks nice!
Matt
Matt
golsama
Corresponding Secretary
The stand looks AWESOME! Very nice!
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chriscoli
Administrator
I liked the rack for my 20 longs so much, I made another for my 4ft tanks.
Here's the before photo:
Here's the before photo:
chriscoli
Administrator
Here's the new rack with two tanks....the 33 long will get added tomorrow, hopefully.
By the way, Bruce earned major Husband Points for helping me with this today.
By the way, Bruce earned major Husband Points for helping me with this today.
Andrewtfw
Global Moderators
Beautiful! I love how clean it looks. The recessed lighting is a great idea too. How do you like the functionality of this rack compared to the old stand?
Have you added more 20s to the other rack?
Have you added more 20s to the other rack?
chriscoli
Administrator
Thank you, yes very clean looking. It's important to us since we still occasionally use this part of the house to entertain....I have to make it presentable occasionally.
I like that these racks are about as efficient as I can get with them. The downside is that things are very tight over and around the tanks, but that was a planned sacrifice. I'm still on the fence about how to do the lighting so all tanks still have the same lighting setup that they had before I built new stands.
Yep, all 20 longs are on their rack. I'll post more pics later on.
I like that these racks are about as efficient as I can get with them. The downside is that things are very tight over and around the tanks, but that was a planned sacrifice. I'm still on the fence about how to do the lighting so all tanks still have the same lighting setup that they had before I built new stands.
Yep, all 20 longs are on their rack. I'll post more pics later on.
dogofwar
CCA Members
And room for one more tank on top?
chriscoli
Administrator
That's where the 33 long goes.
dogofwar
CCA Members
Very nice - that will be perfect up there!
Matt
Matt
chriscoli
Administrator
We've been doing holiday entertaining this weekend, so the house had to get cleaned up.....including the fishroom, since it's still a functional part of the house. Also, the kids like to see the fish(and the worms) so I end up with a bunch of kids and parents visiting the tanks. The plus side....I had a chance to take some fresh pics of the room with the new stands.
Here's the way things now look with the stand for the 20 longs on the left and the 4 ft tanks on the right. Essentially this is now the "hallway" from the garage to the stairs going up.
Here's the way things now look with the stand for the 20 longs on the left and the 4 ft tanks on the right. Essentially this is now the "hallway" from the garage to the stairs going up.
chriscoli
Administrator
A little bit different view of the racks...
Localzoo
Board of Directors
dogofwar
CCA Members
Looking great!
Matt
Matt
JasonC
Members
some of the cleanest air hose and power cable management I've seen in someones brag pics... well done!
chriscoli
Administrator
Thank you! I'm striving for Cord and Cable Organizational Nirvana but have yet to achieve it on all of my tank racks. I tease my husband about being the household Safety Police, so I don't like to leave too much for him to pick on.
MarkK
CCA Members
The way those stands and tanks are floor to ceiling on a wood floor someplace other than a basement, could only happen when the WIFE is the fish keeper!
chriscoli
Administrator
HA! Perhaps, but my Husband limited me to my current floor space sometime early last year....so of course, my first question was...can I build up? He said go for it. Challenge issued, challenge accepted!
Oh, and this IS the equivalent of our basement. The flooring is faux-wood vinyl tile directly on the concrete slab of our bottom floor.
