Brainstorming design for a custom aquarium fixture.

rsanz

rsanz

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Hey guys. I took an hour or so today and designed an aquarium cabinet. Basically, it's a cabinet that holds two tanks. Really, it could be scaled to fit any size tanks, but I'd like the left tank to be square, and the right tank to be elongated.

The only requirement is that the two tanks have the same width and height for a clean line across and a consistent width for the cabinet. I'm shooting for a 40ish gallon on the left, and a 90ish gallon on the right. This means that the tanks will probably have to be custom made (the left one, at the very least).

The scale of the thing is about 8' across and 7' tall. Pretty ambitious, I know, lol, but I'm up to the challenge and intend to take my time designing/building it. No sense in committing to something I'm not happy with! The "column" inbetween the two tanks is meant to hide all the cords/wires/pipes that generally are unsightly. It's intended for all of the equipment to be hung on the "interior" short end of the tanks so that there's no equipment showing on any of the 3 viewing sides for each tank.

It's also intended to be an island fixture, meaning that it will not engage a wall. The trick will be getting power to the fixture if it's in the middle of a room! I have no idea how to accomplish that yet. Any ideas/sources on that front would be greatly appreciated!

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I'm in architecture grad. school, so naturally I just HAD to make it architect-y. :) The white bars are trim pieces. I was going for a modern motif.

Please tell me what you think, and PLEASE give me some critiques to make it better!

Thanks.
 
Maybe a drawer?

I would KILL to have a drawer in my stand to hold all the "small" stuff that's needed :)
 
Yeah, definitely. I plan to have the bottom have "flaps" that will open to reveal ample storage for various fish maintenance crap. :)

I am trying to minimize on "handles" and hardware to maintain a sleek look.
 
That's definitely an idea, pony, about integrating the handles with the white trim! Good call. :)

Thanks!
 
cant you just run the power from the floor up through the middle chamber area!!

Looks awesome by the way. Breeder tank or shrimp tank on the left and community tank on the right.
 
Looks like a great idea! I agree with prolude on the power, if you have the right type of flooring, the power could come up from below.
 
Yeah, I figured the power could come up from below, but I am no electrician. Would there be a simple "poor man's" way of achieving this, or would I need to involve an electrician?
 
Well that depends on a lot I guess. Can you make up an outlet yourself? Can you run a new line from your electrical box through the floor of your tank location? It is relatively easy but make sure you know what you are doing when your adding to the electrical panel.(lots of power in there you know) If you are not comfortable doing that then I would get an electrician to do it for you so you know its right and looks half way decent. Shouldn't cost you much to have power run to the tank. I would say no more than 100 bucks. Romex is relatively cheap, same with the little bit of hardware. I am not sure about electrical codes either as you may have to have a GFCI since its within 3 feet of water but you dont want that because if the outlet trips for any reason then your tank would lose power. If there is a major power problem then your standard outlet would allow the circuit breaker to trip instead.
 
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