125g Craigslist find

[FIUPanther]

Picked up a 125g complete package off of Craigslist about two weeks ago that included a stand. The stand was a light colored wood that didn't match the house's darker rustic looking wood. I decided to sand it down and stain it, something I've never done. The tank itself had a light colored oak trim, I spray painted it a dark brown. The back was painted black with plastidip.

The results are below.

Hoping to have the pool filter sand arrive this week and then I can fill this thing (already test filled it outside).

[Regalblue]

Definitely looks better dark.

[Cat(fish)lady]

Very nice!

[Steve]

Looks good.

[Motorcity7.3]

Great job! As Blair said,it does look better darker. Don't forget to post some pictures when you have it up and running.

[Stan M.]

Nice job on the stain.

[jcunningham0295]

Very cool.  What are you thinking of stocking it with?

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

The stain looks great, but I have a question on the construction of the stand ?

Upon looking at the picture of the stand,  the top boards that the tank sits on are only held up by nails ?  Any stand that I have built was always supported by vertical lumber from underneath.  Am I missing something from that picture ?

[Ogre44]

It looks to me like the vertical risers sit inside the frame and provide support for the horizontal cross-bars.
Take a look at the corner risers to see what I'm looking at.

Stand looks great, jealous of you nice big tank.
What are your plans for it?