40 Gallon Breeder Stand and hood
 

Well decided to build a oversized stand and hood for the 40 gallon breeder. The idea is to set it up in the office to hold all my SPS so I can take down the 105 Gallon at home due to a up comming move. I really don't want to do a move and tank move all in one day. I also have a 72 Bow at work that is empty to hold all LPS, Zoas, Rics and some of the rock. When we get a house I will set the 40 gallon tank up as a Zoa and Ricordia tank. I got the stand idea off of one from RC . Pretty sure I will never build a stand like this again cause the cost was a little high but I did have fun doing it so far. I still have to sand, fill and stain it. I have decided to go with a black stain hoping it will hid some of my mistakes and imperfections I so easily create.

Here it is.

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Chris

Wow! Very nice when do you go into business!

Wow that's a huge roll of toilet paper!







And that stand is INCREDIBLE!

Also forgot to mention that if I decide not to set up the tank I can always remove the doors off the stand, get a fireplace insert ,add some wheels and have a niffty portable fireplace.:biggrin:

Never going into business making stands . Have not totalled up how much but figure it is in the $200 range possibly higher. Don't think to many people would pay $200 plus my time for a stand.

Chris

Thanks. It's actually hand towel. I'm building the stand in a mechanics shop. It is cheaper for them to get a hugh roll of it and cut it down to that width.

I will definetly post a picture when I get it stained and finished.

Stand looks great.....you might be surprised at what some people are willing to pay for a quality piece of aquarium furniture.:wink:

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Thanks , I would have to perfect the design and cut out all miss cuts and find a way to do the work quicker to make it cost effective. I've worked on this on my spare time for about a week now. Not to mention this is a stand that would only take a 36"lx 18"foot print or something custome to take up the whole stand dims. in that cause the hood would have to be rebuilt.

Chris

Wow, thats some impressive work Chris. Can't wait to see it stained up :biggrin: