Made a ATO container

russ13 · Feb 23, 2016

Had a ten gallon tank that was a sump and took the baffles out. Then went to Home Depot and picked up a sheet of acrylic for around ten bucks. Painted it black and now I have an ATO container.

russ13 · Feb 23, 2016

I used a dremel to cut the acrylic. Didn't come out as nice as wanted but it will work

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russ13 · Feb 23, 2016

The power strip is already moved and hung under the tank. Safety first!!

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ndrwater · Feb 23, 2016

Form follows function. Well done.

russ13 · Feb 23, 2016

ndrwater said:

im just trying to save a buck where ever I can

ndrwater · Feb 23, 2016

russ13 said:

I totally hear ya. My ATO container is a 20 gallon Brute trash can. Needed something big because I add like 5 gallons a day. Didn't care what it looked like because it's behind my stand skin. Ugly, but totally functional. Yours matches the stand. Works for me...

TH64 · Feb 23, 2016

Came out pretty good I think. I'm just scared to leave glass on the floor like that which is why I haven't considered doing this yet. I think I am going to use a spray can plastidip to paint the outside of a 10g

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gumbii · Feb 23, 2016

looks good... my first ATO was a 20g tall dark cylinder that would hide behind the tank... ugly, but functional... don't worry about how awesome something looks... i've recently seen some clean setups with fancy high end equipment... and the display tank was hardly a display... LOL...

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