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DIY Tank Stand?

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andrewx525

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Hi Everyone,

I am looking to find out if anyone has had any success building a multi-tank shelving system. I recently upgraded my BP to a 36x18x18 exo terra, and now have to reconfigure my tanks to fit in the limited space in my bedroom. I need something that can hold the exo terra, a 20L tank for my cornsnake, and a 20gal Vertical conversion for my Crestie. I would buy an industrial-style rack from Lowe's or Home Depot but they are just so expensive, I would like to look at building instead. Has anyone had luck with this type of stand?

Thanks!
 
Iv'e had experience building a bunch of Viv's/enclosures for past reptiles I can give you ideas and I'm about to make stand to hold my tank and possibly one or two more since I want more snakeys lol, but if you could get a picture of where you want it or give me some more dimensions also how much are you willing to stick into it because you can get really crazy with it feel free to dm me if you want also
 
Looking forward to the answer. I too will be wanting to have that configuration in my bedroom except for the 20 tall.
 
DollysMom said:
Looking forward to the answer. I too will be wanting to have that configuration in my bedroom except for the 20 tall.
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Same goes for you dollysmom if you give me some dimensions and some other info I can help with lots of ideas
Honestly me and a friend of mine were very close to starting a custom enclosure/Viv company because when I started shopping for past herps, especially arboreals who need a lot of room cages get to be extremely expensive and I made a 6'tall x 4'wide x 3'x deep Viv for my water dragons
Now since I've moved to a smaller location and re-homed everyone I got a corn and now I find myself wanting more with limited space so I'm back at think the same thing.... Build stuff lol
 
Thanks Pilarcoder. It may take me a week or so to get the measurements. I'm a little under the weather right now and even if I measure, there is a high likelihood I'd get it wrong. I'll be back here with the info as soon as I can manage it.
 
hahah thats fine hope you feel better, and I am in no rush by any means just hoping to help out some fellow snake friends
 
DollysMom said:
I'm a little under the weather right now and even if I measure, there is a high likelihood I'd get it wrong. I'll be back here with the info as soon as I can manage it.
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Hi Gail!
I doubt you'll get it wrong ... He just needs the outside measurement of the viv you'll be using. Since a 20L and a 29L and a 55 gal all have different dimensions that's what he needs. Easy! The hard part is building the thing. I might need to do the same thing after I find Loopy's next home! Still looking for a 29L or maybe something larger ... depends on if I can find a steal ... er ... deal somewhere!
 
Yeah the other thing is the location it's going to be in because depends how much space is really limited I mean if you really had to you could even just make actual shelves and anchor them to the wall if floor space is an issue just make sure you screw into studs odviously


For any one think of wall style shelves if that's something your interested in and there's enough people interested maybe I'll do a tutorial in a different thread with pics, some one just has to teach me how to put the pictures on here ��
 
Photo's are not hard!
1) Under message box in the middle click 'Go Advanced' ... there you will see many more options available to you.
2) Under the new message box look in 'Additional Options' area and click 'Manage Attachments' ... now you can select the pics you want to use ... use the 'browse' feature. Pics can't be too large or it won't work. jpg files no more than 1056 X 1056. If too large re-size them and try again. Click 'Upload' to get the pic in your post. If it appears in the 'Current Attachments' window you're okay! Hope this makes sense. You'll figure it out quick.
(Okay, okay .... I know this isn't a corn snake, but it's pretty cool, huh? I took this yesterday after getting my hair cut ... he was with 2 of his friends just walking across the road like they owned it! Glad I had my camera with me!)
 

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Haha thanks, but yeah I'm in the process of figuring out wall style shelving that I could post and be simple enough for most people to do with limited tools or experience. Since I also need to put shelves in anyway
 
I would be very interested in a tutorial!
Needing to build something for three 10 gal and with luck,
next year I'll need something for three 20's
 
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