60cm w/ diy stand - Aquascaping

B.A.T. · 02-28-2007, 07:30 PM

This is the hardscape of my new 60cm. The stand is made of 3/4" mdf. I got some stainless steel bar and heated it with a blowtorch, I then bent it to make a 90 degree angle. The bars are mounted behind the stand. The light is hung with wire and hardware. I created this peice of wood by drilling holes and inserting wooden dowels to hold them together, I also used 100% silicone in this process. To cushion the bottom of the tank I got some large mouse pads from office depot and cut them to fit. This is my first ada tank, supplies consists of:

odyssea power compact 2 x 65 watt w/ lunar led - quality?
powersand special s
aquasoil- amazonia
bacter 100 & tourmaline BC
co2 advanced system
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Jdinh04 · 02-28-2007, 07:39 PM

You did a really good job on that stand, it looks very identical to the ADA stands. I like your setup, do you have any step by step process on that ADA Stand? any documents we could look at?

B.A.T. · 02-28-2007, 07:40 PM

I forgot to mention that the filter is an eheim 2213.

B.A.T. · 02-28-2007, 07:52 PM

I don't have any step by step pics and as I was building it I knew I should have taken pictures. Although there are no pics, the stand is very simple to build. The tools I used mainly consisted of a table saw, a drill and various sanders including a belt sander and a mouse sander. The table saw is probably the most important, it cuts fast and is precise. Even if you have slight mistakes you can use the belt sander on joining pieces etc. to make everything flush and even. To tell you the truth the hardest thing about the stand was getting the seem above the door to be even, and finding a paint color identical to "Gun Metallic Silver". If you would like further details on the stand I could try to scrounge up the measurements and specs I used to build it.