any carpenters here?

[monocus]

i built mine out of spruce 2x4 and put a skin (1/8) mahogany around it.i made my doors out of 1x4 and 1x6 meranti with ribbon mahogany fronts.base for the sump is 1/2 inch plywood covered in suprema mastic(blue skin).mahogany pillars to hold up my canopy(and hide the return lines) and the canopy out of maple surounded by mahogany skin-holds my 220 no problem.studs are at 16 inch centers.you dont need heavy plywood skins,its the framework that holds your tank