The rack for aquariums is perhaps the only way out when one aquarium is already not enough, and the area does not allow you to place several artificial ponds in the room.
And, of course, pet shops are not indispensable without such irreplaceable equipment, in which the problem of placing a large number of aquariums with minimal replacements of the footage of the room is equally acute.
Overview
Having an idea of which aquariums are needed, you can choose a ready-made rack for industrial production - there are many options.
A huge variety of equipment for pet shops and aquarium farms can offer the Russian company "ARG". The company produces aquariums, and, accordingly, racks for them. The racks are equipped with a lighting system and electrical equipment that allows you to connect any other aquarium electrical appliances.
For the manufacture of load-bearing structures, square steel pipes of ordinary or stainless steel are used, coated with a polymer composition that prevents corrosion.
Rack CA 3/1 (aquarium rack three-tier single-section) can be combined with other similar racksfilling the retail premises with aesthetic and convenient shelving, which can accommodate aquariums with a volume of about 150 liters.
Aquariums can be equipped with partitions at the request of the customer, which doubles the number of ponds.
Moscow manufacturing company Metallvarim. ru offers aquarium racks for individual orders. The company's specialists will help design the product for aquariums of any size and shape.A company can manufacture both all-welded structures and prefabricated ones if the product cannot be brought into the apartment or into the store as a whole.
Employees of the company recommend first designing the rack, taking into account the characteristics of the space of the room, and only after its installation, order aquariums of the size and shape appropriate to the interior of the room.
By purchasing a finished rack, you can significantly reduce the time spent. If the aquarist is unsure of his abilities to create an acceptable home-made design, then the best way would be to purchase or order a finished rack.
How to do it yourself?
Despite the wide selection of finished equipment, there are quite a few aquarists who prefer to make a rack with their own hands. Such a decision can be quite justified for the house, if:
- Custom size design required
- there are available materials, the use of which will be several times cheaper than the purchase of a finished rack;
- the aquarist has sufficient material skills.
Use a better steel corner. Of course, it would be better if it is galvanized, although this is not necessary at all, because you can create a completely acceptable rack for aquariums.
According to the ratio of mass and strength, the best can be considered a corner with a shelf 50 mm wide.
You need to work with such material outside the apartment, for example, in a garage. You will need a set of tools: a tape measure, a pencil, a grinder with several cutting wheels for metal, a drill or a puncher with a set of drills. Bolts with a diameter of at least 6 mm (better than 8 mm) are also required.
Before starting work, it is necessary to design the future rack, carefully measure the available material. You may need to purchase the necessary amount of material. The bolted connection of the structure is justified if the rack needs to be made large, because in this case it can be assembled directly in the apartment. A welded rack, if its dimensions are larger than the entrance doors, can not be brought into the apartment.
In order to avoid falling, it is better to equip the rack with supports in length exceeding the width of the rack itself. It is also advisable to fix it to the floor and wall during installation using powerful anchor fasteners.
Good results are obtained when used to create an aquarium rack or a mini-rack of window production waste - aluminum profile. The profile was designed taking into account rather large loads, while it is quite lightweight and malleable in processing. Plastic coating does not require additional efforts to give an aesthetic appearance to the structure, as is necessary when using a steel corner.
However, the lack of sufficient skill in working with an aluminum profile can lead all efforts to create a truly aesthetic shelving to the exact opposite result. It is also worth considering that not everyone succeeds in satisfactorily processing this material with conventional tools.
Much more often, at home, not a rack is made, which is still preferable in the trading floor or in the aquarium economy, but an aquarium cabinet.
Indeed, if the house has one large decorative aquarium, then placing it on a stylish stand is quite logical.
The stand can be a solid structure hidden by decorative elements from the already mentioned steel corner. A curbstone with an aquarium can become part of the interior of the room, but at the same time it also has a completely utilitarian function: it hides part of the aquarium equipment.
In the drawers behind the doors you can place the necessary equipment for caring for the reservoir, which, in the presence of shelving, cannot be hidden.
With a do-it-yourself aquarium, see below.
