The Purpose
Living in an earth berm home I do not have the luxury of having a basement to house all of my tanks working essentials so I needed to construct a stand large enough to house everything in a area that my wife would allow me to have in the living room.
 This is my effort to meet those needs



The Frame
 The frame of the stand is constructed of kiln dried 2X4 pine, I put  the bottom sheet under the 2X4's to allow for a spill confinement area that will hold about 15 gallons of water. All of the joints are glued and stacked and joined on top or under the uprights to provide as much strength as possible. there are 2 removable uprights behind the doors to allow sump removal if required



The Sheeting
To provide as much strength as I could I covered the 2X4 frame with 1/2" Oak plywood and then in addition to the 1/2 top I added an additional 5/8" Oak sheet to the top and a solid Oak 3.5"  Bullnose to the front edge.
I then sealed all inside seams with paintable  acrylic calking



The Finish
All inside surfaces were painted with 3 coats of bright white marine finish to make it as bright inside as possible and seal the wood from the inevitable humidity and spillage
All outside surfaces were stained with hand rubbed Minwax stain and then finished with 3 coats of polyurethane sealer 

Finished Product
Here is the finished product just before I drilled the (5) 1.75" holes in the top rear of the stand to allow the PVC piping to pass through and added the 4" Radio Shack muffin fan to push air in from the  rear panel.
So far this has worked out well with enough air moving through the stand to prevent mold or mildew and remove the heat from the sump lighting