Wasted no time in getting them installed to the back of the stand.įinally it was time I could move the tank to inside the house and on to its stand. So after 2 weeks from ordering, my custom light stand brackets finally showed up yesterday. I like the more ''natural'' look in a tank and if I can have the two sides a tad bit darker then that would be ideal. Reason for the smaller light was also because I do not want excessive lighting. Now for the lighting I remember it was always such a pain taking it off and on again during the water changes and generally just getting in the way of things when it was time for water changes so I did not want a repeat of that.ĭecided I was going to run a smaller light and have it suspended over the tank. Opted for a NemoLight 72w and a titan G2 Heavy duty 600w heater. Big thanks to Morley aquariums and City barn malaga for providing the goods! This was the end product of the stand once all sanded down and varnished.ĭid some shopping over the last couple weekends and managed to pick up the heater and light as well. The plan will always be to keep whatever tb's and exotics I can get my hands on! Will keep this post updated as I go along. Tonight I will sand it down and apply the first coat of varnish to it. Now there is no longer any movement either way and I am finally feeling confident with it. Finished it off with a thin piece of ply board over the top where the tank will eventually sit on with foam as well. Went past the local Bunnings and purchased 5 metres of pine timber and cut it down to size and braced the entire bottom of the stand.Īs shown I went both horizontally and vertically between each main leg. There was excessive movement when pushed from each end. I was not too happy with the overall strengthening of the stand.
I’ll start with a quick photo of the stand after I took delivery. The plan was always to have it in my room so the lack of cabinet / hood does not worry me. Freshly built by Morley Aquariums it hasn't even be filled yet! Has the back painted black and black silicone around all the edges. I didn't think it would take so long but life had kept me at bay to get back into it sooner but finally after 8 or so years I bit the bullet and purchased a new tank.Ī brand new 6x2x2 with a pine stand came up for sale and I managed to score it for $600. Unfortunately all good things came to an end after I lost some of my prized fish and so I decided to sell what was remaining and move on from the hobby for a little while. Well for those who were around back then and may remember I kept quite the collection of tank busters for a pre-adolescent teenage kid haha some of them including Aros, bichirs, rtc, clown knives etc etc.
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