Calling all welders
I wish to display 3 fish tanks, on two tiers, the upper tank 151cm long and 400 litre, the two below, 85 cm, 125litre and 63cm, 90 litre
this is hopefully going to be a stand constructed out of steel, essentially shelving, but capable of holding all the weight (with glass and paraphinalia ~700kg)
I'm not computer literate enough to put drawings on here, but I'm sure you can use your imagination. Can anyone around Hull do this? or do you know of anyone who could

Thanks

David

Be careful where you site this and give some thought to spreading the load on the floor!

I'm afraid I can't help with the welding!

This will be considered, the floor is concrete so no joists/florboards to worry about!

o you have a friendly local aquarium specialist? Might be worth having a quick look at how they display there tanks and what they use. They may also be able to say who made the stands. Of course they will be a touch commercial but may give you an idea on what they need to be made out of. Some also have some nice trims and surrounds that are backlit.


The tank i had needed to have a stable and solid full floor that then had a piece of thin ploystyrene between the floor and the glass. Its for this reason that i dont think you can just get away with an angle iron type framework - it would probs need some form of boarding in first. Mine was a nice classic cabinet with cupboard underneath but the tank was only 3 foot long (albeit quite wide and deep).

the 125litre and 90litre tanks are already on angle iron stands (with ply for the larger tank) - these are above each other currently. want to move them next to each other on the lower level and put the new 5foot tank above.
the local aquarium uses wooden frames- v chunky - not to my taste. the purveyor of all things fishy is a welder and will make me a frame - I really want some more quoats as I thought £260 was a bit steep

The fishy purveyor of all things weldery probs knows what commercially bought frames cost and will quote you something similar. It probs depends on wether you are after form or function in terms of what it will cost. My tank and cabinet was about £500 on its own because we wanted something that was more furnitury. Ive seen plenty of simple racks before which look a bit iffy.

Id suggest looking through internet etc at the sort of rack you fancy then take it from there to design the look. Im sure any decent fabricator could over engineer something to look good and take the weight.


I used to love keeping fish until i tried Marines. The tropicals had there moments but the Marines were a task in a whole different league.

http://www.pets2home.co.uk/item--Clearseal-Flat-Pack-Stand--603309m.html

I want something like this but larger - and welded solidly not flat pack

I did look in the shed, but the one I made is a 4 foot.

(made from box section)


Paul G

thanks for looking

if you stacking all those tanks up then I'd bolt the frame to the floor with raw bolts incase someone ever bumps into them and it topples over. Going to be fun changing the water on the top tank, I hate doing mine and its just one 60 ltr tank at knee height