Stand and canopy for my 120

[Frank@Wall]

Finally finished the stand and canopy build for my 120 gal tank. Still need to decide on a stain color and poly. Recommendations are welcomed. How do you guys like it?

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[Flashy2003]

What did it cost you to build that stand? And how many hours? Im looking to build or have one built just like that.

 

[strgazr27]

Frank from one woodworker to another it looks FANTASTIC! Beautiful work. A nice gunstock color would look real nice on it.

 

[BKLYN REEF]

Wow. Impressive build!!! Lookin real good!

 

[jerl77]

very nice damm you guys got skill :party:

 

[Frank@Wall]

About $350 in material and around 20 hours of labor here abd there after work.

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[Frank@Wall]

Also i did not take a picture of the stand but will when i have a chance of the open bottom. I actually made it not attached to the frame. I can pull out the whole bottom finish so when i need to take out the sump in whole i could. If i need to do regular maintenance just open doors. Cool concept. I will take pics when i have a chance so that you guys can see. Maybe you dont understand what im trying to say. Pictures describe it better.

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[Tonyscoots84]

good work frank!

 

[Frank@Wall]

Finally gave it a base coat and 1 coat of stain. Also as you guys can see I made the stand so that I can actually remove just the finish, this way I can get to the sump from any angle.

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[garys reef]

very nice work cant wait to see this thing with water in it !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[strgazr27]

Love the color!!

 

[Frank@Wall]

I believe the color will get a little darker once I put another coat. It supposed to be red mohagony. Im still debating on the final finish between a gloss and satin. Also originally if you see on the pics I painted the back of the tank blue but I think it will be changed to black. What you guys think?

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[Frank@Wall]

Thanks gary, I cant wait either but I have very little time to work on this project.

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[garys reef]

i would go with blue on the background jmo but i think it looks better

 

[garys reef]

gloss is allways nice nothing like the shine

 

[fishman1069]

Very nice build!! I love how you made the stand in two sections like that. If I ever get a chance to get another tank, I was thinking of doing something similar but using a metal stand on the inside and building a 3 wall "skin" to wrap the metal stand.
Great job!!

 

[smoq]

Great build, the idea of removable front is

 

[Jzhou]

gorgeous

 

[roc5288]

WOW... beautiful...

 

[bigyankfan]

Excellent job - looks good.