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The stand is an IKEA office cabinet reinforced with 5/8" plywood. It is from the IKEA Effectiv line. It's pretty sturdy on its own but there was some flex when pushing down on the top. I sealed the plywood with a wood sealer and used pond liner to create a waterproof basin to catch leaks. Do you think this will hold a 17g tank with a smaller sump below?
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the ikea stand modified looks kewl!
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that stand will now hold as big a tank as you want to put on it!
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 |
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Thanks guys. Small screws hold the pond liner against the plywood then the edge is sealed with a bead of clear silicone.
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Any updates?
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A new 25g tank is on order from Concept Aquatics. It turn out a 20L fits perfectly in the bottom of the cabinet so I'll rip out the pond liner and just silicone in the 20L as a sump. Picked up this guy (or girl I can't tell)...
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Otherwise the tank is looking a little ugly. Brown sand and hair algae. Any recommendations? Current animals include:
3 tiny nassarius snails 3 dwarf blue legged herbit crabs 1 stomatella snail 3 tiny asterina stars 1 procelain anemone crab |