For reasons of both function and fashion – I am in the process of making a new fish tank stand. This will allow me to better organize my cable mess and prevent the power boards from hopefully ever getting wet again. I’m a slow learner, but after a handful of times of getting zapped, I decided a new plan was in order. The new stand will also host a sump tank below in which a syphon will drain into, then I will pump back up. This will elimate the ugly powerheads in the tank currently and I can also remove the protein skimmer I never turn on because it is noisey… which voids the usefulness of the tool for a healthy tank.

Anyways, with the function benefits of the new stand, I figured I could try to make it look decent. I am mimicing the stainless steel look of a lot of modern appliances; but with polished aluminum wrap around a wooden frame.

Started over Christmas. Dad and Lucky helped with the build.

This week, Kyle used his fab skills to wrap the box with aluminum. Ubber critical alignment was taken so all edges lined up perfectly.

It might not look like much at the moment, but check back; this is gonna be pretty slick!