Aquarium Stand Build - Every Step to DIY a Aquarium Stand
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All Steps Below! This is the start of my large paludarium eco-system. I figured I would just document ever single step, literally. There are many step in making a large system, this is just one of them. The good news is this type of stand can be used for any type of tank - with any luck you'll be an dabbling professional too!
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0:00 Pre-planning
0:27 Step One: Tools
0:59 Step Two: Dimensions
1:18 Step Three: measuring
2:11 Step Four: Cutting Ends
3:05 Step Five: Cutting Front and Back 2 x 4's
4:04 Step Six : Screw It
5:44 Step Seven: Figuring Height
6:13 Step Eight: More Screwing
6:50 Step Nine: Find your Inner Support
8:18 Step Ten: Screwing Your inner Support
8:57 Step Eleven: Topping It Off
9:46 Step Twelve: Inner Brace
12:01 Step Thirteen: What a Topper
13:10 Step Fourteen: Finishing up
14:12 Step Fifteen: part 2?
14:23 A Secret?!
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@givetanks
Ай бұрын
My plan is working 😁 glad to have ya!
This is the best tutorial I have ever seen so creative and entertaining and was easy to follow good job and thank you bro
@givetanks
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! It's great to hear that as you never know how your filming is gonna turn out
Excellent 👏👏👏
@givetanks
22 күн бұрын
Thank you!
This is one solid stand! I had a few run ins with "weird angles and not being square" a couple of runs 😅 Good call on the electrical switch safety as well! Saved me once when a heater exploded!
@givetanks
9 ай бұрын
Thanks man! Yeah I tend to overengineer things by a lot
@IndoorEcosystem
9 ай бұрын
@@givetanks it's well worth saving the potential heartache on something like this! Peace of mind!
@givetanks
9 ай бұрын
@@IndoorEcosystem True!
@Soulsack
8 ай бұрын
@@givetanks This is not your first rodeo, judging by the video. ;)
@givetanks
8 ай бұрын
@@Soulsack Nope I keep the bull in the back yard
Thanks for sharing
@givetanks
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for commenting!
What size screws did you use for the plywood top,and have you considered finish nails?
@givetanks
18 күн бұрын
They might work but I like to over engineer things and I use 1" for the top
@Mrmike710
18 күн бұрын
#8-1"
how does one use influence to create the absence of influence?
@givetanks
Ай бұрын
Tell a knock knock joke?
@ChristopherLecky
Ай бұрын
orientation...and expansion! decipher why people feel they have an influence to being with.....
Hey man were nice build video, Keep them coming. sturdy but seams a bit overkill, better safe than sorry i guess ;)
@givetanks
8 ай бұрын
I always overkill because I don't know if I'm going to use for 10 gallons or 100. I like to keep my options open
Hey looking great so far..Im getting ready to start on mine.I was wondering were those screws the self drilling ones where no pre drilling is required,and what size.I hear that you have to use the #8-2 1/2" but can the #9-2 1/2" be used as well.This by far is the most solid and step by step tutorial for a good stand build bro.
@givetanks
6 ай бұрын
The screws are just deck screws and I think #9 should be fine as well, pre drilling may or may not be needed - just depends if your wood is too dry and splits
How much weight do you think this can hold?
@givetanks
2 ай бұрын
Should be able to hold a lot - the exact weight I'm not sure.
But how to figure out how much weight it will hold? 200 gallons is a lot different from 50 gallons
@givetanks
2 ай бұрын
one 2 x 4 has an axial load of roughly 1000lbs so if you used 2 x 4's in the middle and did two support struts in the middle unlike the one I did you could park your car on it. FYI 200 gallon is about 1600lbs. But I'm not an engineer so get professional advice if your worried about it - you could also have angled supports and make it bullet proof.
I disagree with the GFI outlet. Yes it will help from killing you but if it trips and your not home for hours upon hours your fish will die.
@givetanks
Ай бұрын
A battery back up will help with that, like a mp10 or 40
Retired electrician and life long fish keeper. I will never put an aquarium on a gfci. Why? Because a simple power surge may trip it and kill hundreds if not thousands of dollars of fish or other livestock.
@givetanks
3 ай бұрын
This is true, but I've never had this issue and I have been shocked before,, so I will always put them on a gfci. Plus everything is on a battery back up so not really an issue. Plus, I can replace a tank - not me or anyone else if they get shocked badly.