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Originally Posted by teevee
I only have one fan blowing out of my stand and some vents at the back. If I could redo it I would have a fan on each side.
I wouldn't use that green wood. Just regular 2x4s and plywood (I used some nice pine from HD), and slap some paint on. I didn't put too much on, just enough to seal it up a little bit.
And I almost forgot - I would totally have put something inside to hold spilt water. I've probably lost 20 gallons of water on the floor in the past few months, having a 4" high tray in there would have saved me a lot of headaches. If your tank is on carpet and/or in an area where you would care if you had water on the floor (ie. living room, bedroom, rental property), do not skip this. I am seriously regretting it.
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Exactly what I thinking. The tank is going to be in a carpet area, and in a area, where I do not want water on the floor (duh who does?). Thats why I was thinking about the idea of putting in the arcylic on the bottom and sides of the stand (sealing it with silicon). If I end up using 4x2" for the inside support, I would probably have about 4" to work with at the bottom, which would be a pretty good I think to hold a decent amount of water, incase of a spill.
I've thought of some more questions.
The stand itself is going to be made to blend into some other cabinet's that I've got in the same room (ikea billy). They are about 12" in depth, and so my stand will probably stick out about an extra 2-5" more. That shouldn't be my problem, but I'm wondering, about the plumbing. Should I have it go behind the tank or the side? The reason i'm wondering, is because that will add to my depth of another 1-2" more. -OR- do I really need such big tubing used for the plumbing, since its only a 40g tank, w/ 20g sump. Maybe I can getaway with some smaller tubing such as 1/2-3/4"?