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10-10-2008, 12:07 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rochester, New York
Posts: 248
|  Building stand
Just a quickie!!
I know that some people on here have built their own stands and such and I plan on doing so myself!!!
What kind of stain do you use to stain it? Is it just normal poly or is there a special one used for tank stands?
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Equipment: 29G tank/AquaC Remora Skimmer/ Whisper 30 Filter (running Phosban)/ 100W Heater/4x39W T5HO lights: 2x super actinics, 2x actinic whites/ 2x Hydor Koralia 1/ 20lbs LR (more on the way)
Livestock: 1 percula clownfish, various hermits, nassarius snails, fighting conch, an emerald mithrax crab, Tree Coral (Lemnalia), GSP | 
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10-10-2008, 12:20 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mesa AZ Age: 31
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I would use any stain & tomphsons weather seal _________ 688s 100gal Thread
100 Gal Reef 150lbs LR 434w PC Lights 55 Gal Custom Sump (Fuge)+Ocean Clear Filter Total 2450gph Berlin 250 Triple Pass with Sander 25 Ozonizer | 
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10-10-2008, 12:21 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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Almost all stains are oil based, so you should be fine. finish it with some polyurethane. (You can buy marine varnish if you really want)
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Equipment: 55 gal, Remora Skimmer w/ maxi jet 1200 pump, 4x54w T5 lighting, 2 super actinics, 2 12,000K actinic white bulbs, 55+ lbs fiji live rock...
Inhabitants: Ocellaris Clownfish, Yellow Tailed Damsel, Six Line Wrasse, Yellow Watchman Goby, 3 Chromis, Crocea Clam, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Corals: Zoas, Yellow Fiji Leather, Pineapple Brain, Frogspawn, Pearl Bubble, Blastomussa Merleti, Monti, GSP, Green Psammacora | |
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10-10-2008, 12:27 PM
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| | Flame Angel
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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only thing to be cautious of is make sure you dont have any weight resting on screws/nails everything should be bearing weight on wood on wood with screws just to keep it all straight, i think alot of people here have used gorilla glue as well just for extra strength
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24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 20# Live Rock
Rose BTA, Xenia, Shrooms, Green Candy Cane, multiple types of zoas and palys
Blue/Green Chromis, 2x Black & White Percs, Dragon Goby, Six Line Wrasse
90g DSA - D.O.B. 11-4-08
ASM G2 skimmer, mag18 return, MRC CR1 CA Reactor, Phos Reactor, Tek 8x54 T5HO
130# Live rock, 100# Live sand | |
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10-10-2008, 01:51 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Outside of Seattle, WA
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I have used the 2 part varnish as it drys quickly and is very hard. After 2 years in the kitchen, around the sink, it still looks new... even after all the spilled salt water and cleaning fish (the salmon we have caught in Puget Sound) on the counter... The wife gets upset, but the cabinets look good.... | |
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10-10-2008, 02:25 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rochester, New York
Posts: 248
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Thanks!!!
Should I stain with water based or oil? I've heard mixed opinions when dealing with tank stands... | |
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10-10-2008, 02:27 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Reno, NV Age: 26
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Oil based would normally resist water better
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40g: T5/MH/LED, Octo BH100F, AC70, 2X Koralia 1's, 70+lbs rock, 50lbs sand Livestock: Mated Pair O. Clowns, Blue Hippo Tang, Eyelash Blenny, YT Damsel, Skunk Shrimp, Turbo's, Hermits, Corals: FGSP's, Misc Zoa's, Torch, Pink Cloves, Shrooms, Pulsating Xenia
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10-10-2008, 02:33 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rochester, New York
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thanks everyone! | |
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