As promised, here is my 2 tank project

Looks great! Although I would keep a close eye on it once filled, as the 65 is really only supported at the corners right now, as that pine doenst look strong enough to support load.

Yeah that's what I thought at first, but I've seen tank stands for even bigger tanks that are even flimsier than my setup.
Plus the 3/4" I think is enough to support the weight of the tank, especially if it's equally distributed like it is. The brace for the tank distributes the weight, the pine wood also, so I think I'm ok

The bricks are not that far apart on the sides, I think 3"

I will test to see for sure once filled if I see any curves.
 
I don't understand "(the 3 1/2" of the 2x4) but still have plenty of clearance?"

The 10G is not completely on the floor, it's sitting on the base 3/4 thick Pine base that is on the floor.

Look at your kitchen base cabinets and notice the toe kick - how the base cabinets are set so when you walk up to or are at the counter, yer feet don't smack the bottom cabinet. You make a box from 2x4's slightly smaller than your base pine, so it is recessed slightly. Now when someone walks up to your tank (or you service) there is toe and kick plate down under. Since the height of a 2x4 is 3 1/2 inches, you will still have plenty of clearance to service your 10g tank - make sense?
 
Look at your kitchen base cabinets and notice the toe kick - how the base cabinets are set so when you walk up to or are at the counter, yer feet don't smack the bottom cabinet. You make a box from 2x4's slightly smaller than your base pine, so it is recessed slightly. Now when someone walks up to your tank (or you service) there is toe and kick plate down under. Since the height of a 2x4 is 3 1/2 inches, you will still have plenty of clearance to service your 10g tank - make sense?

OHHH ok I understand what your saying now, yeah that's a good idea I have wood left over, so I might sand/stain that and do like you said.
 
also in the pictures you can't really see the low-gloss shine on the bricks, but the effect is really nice I must say.... Maybe I might even try the FULL WET look on another setup in the future.

that would be awesome if the bricks looked wet. you've got a great setup!
 
that would be awesome if the bricks looked wet. you've got a great setup!

I was thinking of using the Behr wet-look sealer, but decided to use the low-gloss because I thought that having the bricks with the Gloss wet-look would be too much and would stand out MORE than the tank. I wanted the tank to stand out, not the brick.
Also my floors are not Gloss, the are a semi-gloss... so I would have been out of contrast I think with the environment.
 
that would be awesome if the bricks looked wet. you've got a great setup!

I was thinking of using the Behr wet-look sealer, but decided to use the low-gloss because I thought that having the bricks with the Gloss wet-look would be too much and would stand out MORE than the tank. I wanted the tank to stand out, not the brick.
Also my floors are not Gloss, the are a semi-gloss... so I would have been out of contrast I think with the environment.
 
Update:
Well here we are, got all my stuff except my frekin glass!!

Jager Heaters
50lbs Supernatural Kon-Tiki substrate
100lbs Estes Deep river gravel substrate (got 50 lbs free!)
Maxi-jet 600 and 1200
Temp. monitors
API watertester
Timers

So I painted my Fluval outputs because with the black backdrop, they stuck out too much for my liking.

Oh, and also.. here is my nice little find of the day, I was shopping at Ikea, and noticed the flower section had some rocks... 1.50$ for 2lbs and they are going to look nice with my gravel that I selected. I'm just going to put maybe 4 lbs of rocks to my 65G so I have a diversified bottom.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20094229/?query=knaster


30G has Super natural Kon-Tiki
65G has Estes Deep River gravel

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Sweeeeeeet. Excited to see how this thing turns out, man! Hopefully you get the glass soon, yeah? Lol.

:cheers:
 
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