DIY aquarium stand

Homemade aquarium fish have a calming effect on the human psyche, whether it's adults or children. And, of course, the interior of the apartment with an aquarium with fish significantly changes its appearance for the better. But to prevent an unpleasant incident in the form of a collapsed artificial reservoir, it is necessary to reliably arrange it. And the best opportunity today will be a stand under the aquarium with your own hands - reliable, comfortable, designed for home decor.

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The specifics of the aquarium cabinet

The aquarium can be arranged in different ways - on the floor, on the window, on the table, on the linen dresser. Neither he himself nor the fish will object. However, from his own experience, the owner of the aquarium will quickly understand that the best option for installation will still be special furniture - an aquarium cabinet, and for these reasons:

• Severity. The most effective aquariums are hundreds of liters. And according to the laws of physics, 1 liter of ordinary water weighs 1 kg. You can imagine how much a 200-liter tank weighs. To this we must add the weight of the aquarium itself and the “accessories” of the fish - gravel, sand, a water purifier, etc. A mass of a few centners will not be able to withstand ordinary unfastened furniture and will collapse over time.
• Aquarium is water. And no matter how hard you try, a small amount of water will spill down. Therefore, the furniture must be water resistant, otherwise - its material will mold and begin to rot.
• The curbstone, unlike casual furniture, can specially fit into the interior of the room (shape, size, color, decorative elements).

Most likely, you can find a typical cabinet in a specialized furniture center that suits all of these conditions. If you are not hoping for your skill, then you can probably dwell on this furniture, customizing it to fit your needs. But the best option will still be the construction of a cabinet under the aquarium with your own hands. Not so difficult for a good host.

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Place a curbstone with an aquarium in the apartment

How to make a curbstone under an aquarium? There are no special restrictions on the part of the supervised bodies for the installation of the aquarium. That is, homeowners can decide for themselves where to mount the stand - from the hallway to the bedroom. But at the same time, choosing a place in the apartment, you must consider:

• the floor under the stand should be flat (bumps, bumps, surface slope);
• Do not allow the passage of electric wires and water pipes under the aquarium;
• Do not place the aquarium in direct sunlight;
• with all this, the aquarium should stand in a place that is the most lit and one of the warmest in the apartment.

Important! With all this in mind, most often a cabinet with an aquarium is placed in a large room against the wall opposite the windows. However, depending on the configuration of the apartment, its lighting and heating, other options are possible. An artificial pond on an elegant stand will look great in any environment. You can turn it into the center of the residential composition. The aquarium will become one of the attractions of your home interior. If only technical features were taken into account.

Do not take this step lightly, otherwise you will have to drag the aquarium to another, more suitable place.

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Project work

Do-it-yourself cabinet creation for an aquarium must begin with the development of the project. Of course, homework is not a large-scale production project, but the author needs to clearly understand:

• general view of the cabinet and its relation to the aquarium;
• Details
• materials and technologies;
• the sizes of all fragments separately and of the entire cabinet as a whole.

The owner of the apartment is not required to create a classic drawing using professional writing instruments. But to have an approximate drawing with general data and calculations is necessary, otherwise - the master will encounter the problem of remaking. Here are some tips to give here:

• When creating a common layout, you need to proceed from the fact that viewers will be sitting behind the fish. This means that it does not make sense to make a stand above 1 m. For example, if the size of the countertops is usually either equal to, or slightly larger than the size of the bottom of the aquarium, then the whole structure looks very neat and attractive.
• The horizontal dimensions depend on the size of the aquarium - as a rule, the countertop exceeded the size of the pond by several centimeters.

In addition, all aspects of the volume of the cabinet are necessarily associated with the interior. She should not fall out of the situation.

Important! Do not forget that the cabinet is constantly affected by water. In order for the cabinet to not quickly collapse, it is necessary to varnish the most important or most suffering elements several times.

Having given these considerations, we can move on.

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The construction process of the pedestal

How to make a cabinet under the aquarium with your own hands? A curbstone - a construction object is not the most complex, however, consisting of several parts that have their own technologies and functions. Therefore, the creation of this type of furniture must be considered in stages.

Frame

This is the base of the cabinet. He fastens all the other fragments and holds the cabinet in the form chosen for it, despite the pressure of the aquarium. The frame consists of vertical plates located after a quarter meter and distribute the load evenly. However, the number of supports and their place is dependent on specific circumstances.

Plates (walls) are created from wooden beams reinforced with metal nails and plates and sheathed with chipboard sheets. Usually they are three or two extreme on both sides and one in the center. Although in the center, for reliability, you can also put two.

Important! The plates from the outside are also sheathed with sheets of chipboard, and from the inside to strengthen the walls combine horizontal and diagonal bars.

A frame made independently for itself is a more reliable structure than a standard one created for a standard load. Moreover, once done, you can constantly check the integrity of the furniture.

Countertop

Its importance stems from several points:

• it is through it that gravity is transmitted to the entire structure;
• the tabletop is in contact with the aquarium, and therefore with water pouring out of this tank, the heat of various devices, light;
• it, although only a few fragments, is visible to people looking at fish.

Important! Such diverse functions require from the tabletop wide properties - from strength and evenness to beauty and attractiveness. The better it is, the more the cabinet will benefit from it.

Back wall

In ordinary furniture, this part plays a completely secondary role. Therefore, a thin sheet of plastic is used for it. In an aquarium cabinet, the back wall is a critical part on which a part of the load of the aquarium lies. This requires making it from a strong and sufficiently thick (more than 2 cm) sheet.

Doors

Without these elements, cabinets are difficult to see modern furniture. Although they do not play a special role in the strength framework, they have their own essential functions:

• decorative - an elegant door leaf gives the cabinet a wonderful look and a certain look;
• safe - the door closes from prying eyes a whole range of things, including from children and animals.

Without them, the cabinet will lose many of its functions.

Legs

An almost completed cabinet, as a rule, is placed on metal or wooden legs. The best solution would be to use thick aluminum for them.

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Creating an aquarium table

Most lovers of aquarium fish prefer pedestals as a stand for a pond - a multifunctional device that not only performs its direct duties, but also many others, saving space and money. However, some people prefer an aquarium table. With your own hands, you can create a durable countertop on elegant legs.

There are many reasons for this decision:

• Small space of the room. There is nothing to save with a cabinet - such a small area of ​​housing.
• There is no desire to buy standard furniture, but there is not enough skill for the cabinet.
• To a lesser extent, lack of funds.

As a result, there is only one way out - to put a small table with a rather small aquarium. You can, of course, find a table in the store, but if you have the desire and opportunities, it is better to make a table yourself, taking into account the design of your apartment and the available space. Fortunately, for such a labor activity, special skills of a professional joiner are not needed and will cost much cheaper than a standard aquarium table in a store.

There are two versions of such furniture:

• In the shape of a typical coffee table. This is the most simplified version, which is easy to make from a standard tree. Due to its small size, this aquarium table can be found on almost any area of ​​housing.
• Another option will be noticeably more difficult and elegant. Now the table will look like a lid on the last shelf of a furniture complex, for example, a wall. This saves even more space and creates a single interior in the apartment. The responsibilities of such a table are wider, since you can leave small home trinkets on it.

The stages of creating a table are largely repeated by the construction of a curbstone, but in a simplified version and for a smaller aquarium volume.

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Build a shelf

Previous furniture samples were outdoor samples. However, a wall-mounted copy of the shelf under the aquarium with your own hands can be created. The reasons for creating a shelf for an aquarium with your own hands are diverse:

• spatial crisis in the apartment;
• the aesthetic principle of beauty of a wall-mounted aquarium;
• Cheaper, cheaper version of furniture.

The simplest version of the shelf is a board attached with fastening hardware. The biggest problem here is reliability. It is necessary to fix the board so that they withstood a pond of several tens of kilograms. There are more sophisticated shelves. Given that there are special wall-mounted aquariums, you can create a beautiful picture of the fish kingdom in your small housing.

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Stock footage

In this article, we examined different options for supports under a home artificial pond. Now you just have to carefully consider where it is better to place the aquarium and, on this basis, choose the dimensions of the furniture and its design.