Is your stand too small for equipment you want?

Sk8r · 05/01/2007, 10:03 AM

Try this idea: get a second stand from the ding-and-dent sales that occasionally happen at major chain stores when a model gets discontinued: they'll sell the floor sample for a bargain. Set it up beside your tank and use it for counter space, a table, video cabinet, etc, and stuff the underneath with the sump/refugium, skimmer, reactor, etc that wouldn't fit your cabinet.

Keep your ballasts and electronics, timers and other gear nice and dry in the under-tank area. Camouflage your connecting hoses with a speaker cabinet or sitabout, or just the proximity of the table to your tank. If you have a long run of hose to your tank, you might need to go from a mag 9.5 pump to a mag 12, maybe.

This can turn a tank from an uncivilized-looking pile of gear, nets, food cans, surrounding a perpetually half-open stand into a nice piece of furniture next to another nice piece of furniture with nothing showing.

05/01/2007, 10:03 AM	#1
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Is your stand too small for equipment you want? Try this idea: get a second stand from the ding-and-dent sales that occasionally happen at major chain stores when a model gets discontinued: they'll sell the floor sample for a bargain. Set it up beside your tank and use it for counter space, a table, video cabinet, etc, and stuff the underneath with the sump/refugium, skimmer, reactor, etc that wouldn't fit your cabinet. Keep your ballasts and electronics, timers and other gear nice and dry in the under-tank area. Camouflage your connecting hoses with a speaker cabinet or sitabout, or just the proximity of the table to your tank. If you have a long run of hose to your tank, you might need to go from a mag 9.5 pump to a mag 12, maybe. This can turn a tank from an uncivilized-looking pile of gear, nets, food cans, surrounding a perpetually half-open stand into a nice piece of furniture next to another nice piece of furniture with nothing showing. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.