DIY Project DIY ADA Style Aquarium Stand

[Rob P]

Good work Deano 😉 haven't touched mine for a week now lol. The cats done a pi55 on the dust sheet it's stood on and in other news my under tank mat arrived from Ebay and is a coincidental perfect colour match for the paint 😀

Re levelling, I'd been looking at rubber feet and then just pack it out to level it. Be interested to hear other peoples suggestions.

 

[Alastair]

well got 3rd coat of varnish on 😀 finally, didn't sand in-between or anything but happy enough with the finish, not gloss but nice and slightly shiny and put water on a bit before and just lay there lol my kitchen floor isn't straight and level is there anything I can use to level the stand out ? hoping to try some scapes out next week

thanks dean

Good work Deano 😉 haven't touched mine for a week now lol. The cats done a pi55 on the dust sheet it's stood on and in other news my under tank mat arrived from Ebay and is a coincidental perfect colour match for the paint 😀

Re levelling, I'd been looking at rubber feet and then just pack it out to level it. Be interested to hear other peoples suggestions.

Plastic shims are ideal for levelling tanks on hard surfaces such as these

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=16123007

Or these which are perfect as you can snap off the excess
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=360697327414

 

[Deano3]

brilliant thanks will get some of them shims ordered cheers Alistair also I currently have a small sheet under aquarium its from my tool box a liner but holds water when wet and worried if gets wets damages mdf do any of you have something under aquarium ontop of stand r just right ontop with nothing inbeetween

Dean

 

[Alastair]

brilliant thanks will get some of them shims ordered cheers Alistair also I currently have a small sheet under aquarium its from my tool box a liner but holds water when wet and worried if gets wets damages mdf do any of you have something under aquarium ontop of stand r just right ontop with nothing inbeetween

Dean

Get a thin layer of closed cell foam.

 

[Rob P]

This is what I got Deano, perfect grey to match our paints 😉

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161224464568

They do a smaller 60x30cm one but probably too small for yours? They can be cut to size easily and bigger one is a tenner 🙂

 

[Deano3]

My stand is 60cm x 30cm so should do I imagine thinks guys well here it is



















The only problem is the door it sticks out a mil or 2 and its holding itself on there as a little tight think I will sand down edges and re-do but fine for days in work for now

I would like to thank everyone who pitched in an helping me build this in any way shape or form I am very happy with it and its a massive improvement especially for the drawings




Thanks Dean

 

[Rob P]

You've done really well mate 😉 the 60x30 tank mat on Ebay should be perfect for you, cheaper than the bigger one as well 😉

 

[aliclarke86]

Mate this looks great! Well done 🙂

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[Lindy]

That looks really smart Dean. Got mine finished too. Not as pretty as your two but will hopefully stay standing.


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[Rob P]

Looks great Lindy, I think we can all be proud of our efforts 🙂

 

[Andy Thurston]

Looks great Lindy, I think we can all be proud of our efforts 🙂

Very proud, don't forget this is the first time most of you have done this. the finishes you guys are getting are excellent.
It looks like you did a good job of stripping that bad paint job lindy, that was a bit of a bummer and could have made a right mess but you rescued it well and if your not 100% happy just sand it flat and add another top coat when you next do a rescape.
We just need to see Mr Whiteside's finished photos now, and then we can see how the pro's do it. No pressure

 

[aliclarke86]

Yeah come on Nath show us how its done 😀

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[Deano3]

Cannot find the smaller one rob can u post a link ? Looked at his other items but unable to find




Thanks Dean

 

[James O]

That's some good looking DIY 😎

Saved a bundle and still ended up with awesome stands

It's good that you've collaborated on this thread as it'll be a grata help to future enthusiasts

 

[Rob P]

Cannot find the smaller one rob can u post a link ? Looked at his other items but unable to find




Thanks Dean

Sorry mate, just seen this. Here you go...

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181323981793

😉

 

[Rob P]

Not to everyone's taste I'm sure, yellow insides?...



Was going to do lime green to match living room (it's not that loud, honest lol) but obviously chucked tin of paint I thought I had. So picked up the next tub with some left in (yes this colour is a 3 year olds bedroom!).

Not that much left to do 🙂

 

[aliclarke86]

I think I want to see the doors on 😀

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[James O]

At least you won't need a light in there 😕

 

[Rob P]

I think I want to see the doors on 😀

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Thankfully only the backs of the doors are yellow lol 🙂

 

[Deano3]

took the words out of my mouth james, looking good rob and thanks for the link couldn't find it lol

Dean