Hello and welcome to Dolbec Aqua Designs
In this video I will be doing a review on the official stand for the fluval flex 9 gallon or 15 gallon aquariums
If you are looking for information on the official stand for the 32 gallon fluval flex aquarium
I suggest that you go look at the video that I made on it
Contrarily to the 32 gallon flex aquariums the 9 gallon and the 15 gallon don't necessarily need to be on an official stand
However you must be careful when you are choosing the piece of furniture
that you will put your 9 gallon or your 15 gallon aquarium on
you must keep in mind that a 9 gallon fluval flex aquarium that is filled with water will weigh approximately 74 pounds
and that a 15 gallon flex aquarium that is filled with water will weigh around 125 pounds
this does not include the weight of the glass, of your hardscape, of your substrate, of your
decorations and so the weight of your actual aquarium might be much higher
so make sure that the furniture that you're putting your aquarium on can handle the weight and also that it is leveled
and so now let's get in the actual review of the fluval flex 9 gallon or 15 gallon official stand
here you can see my fluval flex 15 gallon aquarium which is sitting on top of the official stand
as you can see the official stand has a small shelf on which I put my test kits, my food and other stuff
on the bottom shelf this is where I put all the wet stuff such as my net and all of my fertilizers and water conditioners
the bottom shelf of the stand is actually quite sturdy
and has enough space for you to put a small nano aquarium on it
you can put a small fuval spec or you can even put the flex 9 gallon aquarium
I like to keep all of my electrical gear well organized and hidden in my stands
unfortunately the official stand for the 9 gallon or 15 gallon flex aquarium doesn't have a hole to pass all of your wires
this is a feature that was present in the stand for the 32 gallon aquarium that I really liked
and so what I decided was to drill a big hole into the stand in which I could pass all of my wires
and so this way I only have one wire that goes into the wall which is my power bar
and you don't see any wires on either side of the stand
using this way there's not a bunch of wires that stick behind the stand
as you can see my stand and my aquarium are right next to the wall
in this picture you'll get the better view of the hole and the power bar that I've installed
and so in this power bar I will plug in the lights the pump and the heater
and the cool thing about the way that I installed this power bar onto the stand is that we do not
see all of the wires that go into it because they are hidden by the top shelf
from this side view you can better enjoy the signature curved look of the fluval flex aquarium and its stand
you will notice that on this stand, like on the stand for the 32 gallon flex aquarium
that there is some plastic covering the pieces of the stand that could
be exposed from water dripping down from the aquarium when you are working on them
as you will notice the 15 gallon flex aquarium fits perfectly onto the stand
overall I think that the official stand for the fluval flex 15 gallon aquarium is worth it
it gives off the signature look of the flex series and allows you to have a lot of equipment on the shelves
the only downside that I found for this stand
was that there was a lack of holes to be able to pass all of the wires
fortunately this is something that you can easily fix and do yourself
if you have or want to stand please let me know what you think about it in the comment section
Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next one