3 layer rack?

[bussardnr]

i'd like to start breeding a few fish and am going to set up a rack. it will be just over 5ft long the middle is going to be 4-5 10gs maybe a 20. i have a 50g breeder to use as a growout tank, it will take up 1 shelf plus a 10g. what tanks should i get for the last shelf? i'd like to get 2-3 small growouts.
im planing on breeding dwarf cichlids.
any info on racks is welcome also. still not sure how im going to build it

 

[Kasakato]

Do you want it on a wall? Or in the center of a room?

 

[bussardnr]

wall

 

[Kasakato]

Then I would say keep it simple. Maybe have something that looks like a latter. So one end of shelf can be attached to the wall, and the other to another piece of wood, bolted the the ground and celling.

 

[bussardnr]

i cant really bolt it to anything. i was hoping to make it freestanding

 

[Kasakato]

As a side view, something like that may work.

 

[JinxXx0085]

As a side view, something like that may work.

How about making the sides a bit slanted all around? More area to spread out the weight? The wood or metal.. whatever material you're planning on using got to be really strudy to hold all of those tanks and be able to withstand the rocking when you're working on the tank and possibly lean on the rack so it won't tip over or anything like that.