DIY Stand

This was a not so well photo chronicled stand and hood for my 150. The final photo's I wanted ran short since I ended up dropping my camera in the brush cleaning tub right when I got the hood back from Inyati.

Pre-assembled and unfinished.





starting to add the finishes



continued.........

 

I tried to incorporate all things in my last stand and hood that I hated.

I wanted ease of access to the inside of the tank.

Plenty of organized storage.

And most importantly electrical that was not a nightmare to turn things on and off during maintenence.

Only the left side bay has drawers. The center is another two shelves, bottom for the main electrical connections / timers to connect to the sub panel, and the top for ferts and testing supplies. The left is wide open and is where I keep the CO2 bottle, UV, and canister filter. and the recessed panel for electrical that makes it a breeze to turn things on and off. I even made a simple photo in Photoshop of the panel and what plugs in to where as a cheat sheet, and printed it off on photo paper.

The hood was coated with Inyati to spare any possibility of moisture damage. There are 6 125cfm whisper quite 6.5" fans, four blowing fresh air in and two pulling air out.

 

The fans are to keep the bulbs as cool as possible while the hood is closed, and to keep water temperatures down.

Inyati is a truck bedliner company. Basically a rubberized paint.

The tank has an overflow and a dry box that the plumbing is run trough. The bottom of the overflow is plugged and I hang the input of the XP4 into the overflow from the dry port.



The hood back marries up to the back and gets set in place over the bolts.