Journal Experiment Tank || 90x50x36cm, 39gal, Horizontal Reactor High-energy Aquascape Journal

[bokworski]

@Naturescapes_Rocco - beautiful post on the progress of your stands and tanks! I'm sorry to hear about the injury and hope you're healing well. I know this thread is getting pretty long and I'm wondering if you have the capacity to share the dimensions of the parts which you used to build the 90cm stand? I saw your post and am inspired by your work and would like to build one myself.

Any info would greatly be appreciated!

 

[Naturescapes_Rocco]

I appreciate it! I'd be happy to help you build a stand or just show the measurements/plans.

Maybe we could take it to this thread:

Thread 'How I build ADA/UNS-style aquarium stands'

Aug 16, 2026

This is not a step by step tutorial, more for inspiration and general information!

My very first DIY stand was a 100cm two-door home-depot plywood stand. It looks fine in pictures, but was NOT up to the insanely high, unhealthy standards of excellence that I hold myself to with everything:



No journal for this old tank.

The lesson here was: don’t use home depot plywood! It sucks. Find a real plywood dealer and spend the extra $.

My next stand was way more ambitious: a 150cm x 60cm stand, designed to hold up 2400+ lbs, made from quality...

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And post publicly so other people can learn, too?

 

[Naturescapes_Rocco]

Also, if anyone in CO is interested, I still have both this stand and tank sitting in my garage!