100 Gallon glass and hardwood tank

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Well even after a 30 degree temperature change, drylok and hardi are holding strong! And since its been holding water for just about a week, I think the misses should feel comfortable with me bringing it in the house.
I am off the crutches, but I am still not 100%. I can only walk on my toes with my right foot, so its alittle weird, but atleast I can carry my own coffee now.
I am off to the garage to see what trouble I can get in, I will post pics later.
Thanks for all the comments and well wishes MFK'ers
 
Alrighty then........

It is 31 degrees outside, 40 in the garage, and the tank only dropped 3 degrees lastnight. I put a 2x4 cover sheathed with 1/2 ply and several layers of the flashing tape. No heater.

I also started the 3d background...I am using an old "lifetime" polystyrene conference table. I cut odd shapes out to allow hiding places, and I am siliconing broken pieces of ceramic tile on it overlapping and creating depth, then I will be planting some java moss and such....should look nice when complete. Camera is out of service, will be snapping shots tomorrow.
 
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close up. I am thinking when its in the tank, light about, its gonna look pretty cool.
There are plenty of nooks and crannies for the ghost shrimp, fry, and the java moss to grow.

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I still dont know if i should tint the drylok darker and give it another coat.
I tinted the whole can with 2oz of dark green, but you can see how that turned out.

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Very interesting build. Glad to see it is coming along nicely.
I'm finally going to be refilling my 150 after having to re-seal all the seams from a leak.
Can't wait to see how your tank turns out. It would make a really cool living wall to have moss growing in between the tile.
Keep us posted, and good luck on your recovery.
 
Thanks for the reply Hokiefish. Good luck with your build as well. I was impatient when I started this project, but cutting my leg slowed me way down. It gave the drylok and silicone a good three weeks dry time.

Now that I know it will hold water, I will start the trim phase and make this thing look good. I used all recycled materials, so accurate cutting and such had to take a backseat to the materials I had onhand.

THe only thing that was purchased was a gallon of drylok and the hardiboard, so about $60 bucks.
 
So rather than use the epoxy people use on plywood tanks, all you used was silicone ? Is silicone ok on wood ?
 
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