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Organize Your Aquarium Cabinet - Step 2

Aquarium Cabinet - After

Aquarium Cabinet - After

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Cut each of the plastic soda bottles in half, leaving an approximately 1" by 1" tab at the top, then drill/punch a small hole in each one, about 1/2" from the top. This will be the hole for an attachment screw.

Option:
You can use a staple gun to fasten the plastic bottles to the doors, rather than using screws.

On the inside of the cabinet doors, locate the positions for the plastic bottles and hangars. Drill/punch each screw starter hole. Most cabinet doors have enough room to allow for 2 rows of bottles and hangars. If you have a sump, skimmer or other equipment in cabinet, you will want to check to make sure that you will be able to close the doors completely without interfering with them.

Replace all of your bottles of various treatments, test kits, foods and supplements as well as nets, salinity testers and other equipment in the plastic bottles on the cabinet doors.

If you still have small "stuff" in your that won't fit into the door storage units (plastic soda bottles) you can put a set of suitably sized plastic storage drawers in the cabinet.

Below is a photo of our 92g Bow Front after organizing it.

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