whats holding your tank up?

my 5 is on a built in stand/room divider thing that came with the house. 10 is on an end table that somebody went overkill on the materilas for. 20 tall is on a sturdy dresser. 25 is on a DIY wood stand that came with the tank. 29 is on a "steel frame".
 
I have my 10 gallon on an $15 tvstand/bookcase thing I picked up at Target.

Please pardon the craptastic quality of the photo - cell phone pic. Also tank's a mess currently, it's on the verge of a major re-haul.
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the 10 gallon is on my dresser drawer, which happens to be from IKEA and i built it 3 or 4 years back. i would say its large and sturdy, held my weight as i was hanging up pictures, it could hold a 20 gallon tank probably. my own 20 gallon is on an AGA black wooden stand that i bought with the tank and hood for $160. its designed to hold a 30 gallon extra tall as well, so i have no problems with it.
 
WrittenLyric said:
I have my 10 gallon on an $15 tvstand/bookcase thing I picked up at Target.

Please pardon the craptastic quality of the photo - cell phone pic. Also tank's a mess currently, it's on the verge of a major re-haul.
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thats a nice tank nontheless, much better than my boring, almost empty 10 gallon betta tank. btw, what cell phone do you have? thats a pretty good quality pic for a cell phone, looks 1.3 megapixels
 
tank stand

I built this one.

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icecubez189 said:
thats a nice tank nontheless, much better than my boring, almost empty 10 gallon betta tank. btw, what cell phone do you have? thats a pretty good quality pic for a cell phone, looks 1.3 megapixels
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Thanks for the compliment on the tank :) I'm going to start planting it :duh:

The cell is a Sony Ericsson W600i and yep, it's a 1.3 megapix cam. The video capabilities are pretty decent considering too. The walkman feature sold me though..that and all the insane mail in rebates I got through my carrier.
 
30 and 90 are on aquarium stands and my 10 gallon is on the microwave cart in the kitchen. Anything over 20 I would recomend putting on an aquarium stand or something that you know can handle a lot of wieght. Im not so sure about those bricks I would be worried that the shelf would sag. Maybe if you reinfourced the shelf with some 2x4's the rested the 2x4's on the bricks.
 
Im not so sure about those bricks I would be worried that the shelf would sag. Maybe if you reinfourced the shelf with some 2x4's the rested the 2x4's on the bricks.
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When I upgrade the 29's to 75's (next spring-tax refund) will probaly run 2X4 on edge screwed and glued to the boards. 8 foot long instead of the present 6. 29's will go underneath then; not sure where the 10 and 20 will go...
 
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