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Ok guys, think its time i put up my shrimp tank build , i have been putting this off for a long time.

Basically in my house the missus took up all the space to make sure i didnt have any room for a big fish tank.

But there was a little 2ft space where i could sneak in a 2 ft tank in :D.

i didnt have a 2ft tank , but a good friend of mine had some 8mm glass so we made a 2ft tank 18"deep 16" high.

i also had a 50cm tank lying around so, now thinking of making a stand to fit both tanks.

I had some aquasoil lying around so though of making 2 planted tanks and try to impress the missus:D.

SO the plan was to build a nice stainless steel stand.

ok so here are the pics

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Cutting up the 40mm S/S box and welding them up

After i finished welding , the stand then looked like this

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i will upload more pics later

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mickeyG Shrimp Lover

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Nice work on the staino stand man, I've had a few friends wanting ss stands but once you mention the extra cost mild always gets the nod.haha

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Nice work on the staino stand man' date=' I've had a few friends wanting ss stands but once you mention the extra cost mild always gets the nod.haha[/quote']Yeah S/S Does cost a bit more, but i like the look of it.yeah Bailey let me put some more pics up.
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Found some ply at work , Scotty(work mate) at work said i should of stained it darker :sorrow: , but the price was right FREE!:cool-new:

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Woweee....love the SS Stand....hope you're gonna get the SS lilly pipes to match ? +1....love more pics and progress....

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Dean Shrimp Master

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sweet looking stand mate and great DIY skills there.

where did you get the XL bucket of chuba chumps lol i want it :)

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Heavyd Shrimp Master

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I think the stand looks fantastic! Can imagine it fitting in really well with all the modern stainless steel appliances floating around.

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Woweee....love the SS Stand....hope you're gonna get the SS lilly pipes to match ? +1....love more pics and progress....
No SS pipes as i have no room for a canister filter ' date=' but i did make up some S/S intake pipes and use a sponge as a filter , will take a pic if i am bother to take it out of the tanks in the garage.
sweet looking stand mate and great DIY skills there.where did you get the XL bucket of chuba chumps lol i want it :)
Thans Dean , yeah took a long time eating all the chuba chopsok the next step was to work out a co2 system, as i have never tried making one before , so i purchased 2 bubble counters with oneway check valves and 2 glass difusers.A good mate of mine gave a a dupa 1.5lt co2 bottle and i happen to have a co2 reg at home.i found an 240vt soleniod at work and put a plug on it.Measured the bottle and made a stand for it as ididnt have much space where i was puting the tank.Now i had to somehow put all the together and make it work.So i came up with this.post-24-139909847844_thumb.jpg[ATTACH=CONFIG]1600[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]1601[/ATTACH]i tested it out before and it worked a treat could easily control the bubbles from fast to really slow consistiently.was really happy until the next day a ran out of co2 , i had just refilled it that day.Must be a leak some where!:mad:So i refilled it again , but this time got some soapy water and started spraying and sure enough found the leak pressure infeed on the soleniod sealed it up and sweet as all fixed :smiley_simmons:

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