My set-up before (turtle tank on bottom, aquatic frog tank on top):
I bought a stand for the 55g frog tank and moved it to a different wall in the same room.
I found plans online to make a stand for my 120g tank ( http://www.fishandtips.com/index.php ). I then bought all of the 4x4's to make the frame for the tank. I got the lumber at Menard's, a local chain of hardware stores, and they cut all of the pieces to size for free.
My boyfriend assembled the frame of the stand.
Then I bought MDF for the outside of the stand and, once again, my boyfriend did all of the hard work. He attached the pieces, cut holes for the doors, and routed all of the edges to make them look nice. I got the MDF at Lowe's and they also cut all of the pieces to size for free.
Then it was my turn to go to work. I caulked all of the gaps in the frame (free cutting isn't always super exact) for asthetic purposes and then painted the doors and frame black.
We picked up the tank last Saturday, about an hour from my house. I had to borrow my mom's SUV and the tank fit perfectly in the back of it. I must say, the driver of the Glass Cages truck was super nice. He helped everyone load their tanks into their vehicles, even though on their site they say the drivers won't help you move the tanks.
Here's the tank all set-up, and you can see my FX5 underneath, before the doors were put on the stand.
And the finished product. I have to work on the basking area, the position of the lights is not ideal, but I didn't have anywhere else to put them.
And some shots of Toby enjoying his new tank. I got the water temperature perfect when I filled the tank up and he started basking just a few hours after I put him in there.
