Well did some work over the past week or two. I got it all sealed up with fresh silicone used about 3 tubes of Perfecto Manufacturing silicone to get it water tight. I am water testing it now and have been for the past 2 days. So far so good no leaks and is perfect. I also worked on the frame. Grinded the entire thing to bare metal then sanded it with 180 grit sand paper to get it smooth and sprayed it with a water based black paint then put a urethane clear coat on it. Those rocks in the tank are what I am using for substrate. They are from my River. I decided to go with larger river rock as I am a little tired of sand. Next is the background I am doing a Styrofoam 3D background for it. That blue stuff is just pigmented Epoxy paint. It wont come off so I am just leaving it there and putting the background over it, not like it's going to hurt anything and it's not a big deal. By the way if you didn't know the back and bottom are made of plywood. So far so good! You guys Like???
Before and After pics.
Oh lol I couldn't get it level enough thats why the water is low on one side. I didn't want the tank to be too high of the ground on the low side and make it unstable. It is still fine though only off an inch of this were an all glass tank with just silicone then I WOULD BE WORRIED IF IT WERE OFF THAT MUCH!
Before and After pics.
Oh lol I couldn't get it level enough thats why the water is low on one side. I didn't want the tank to be too high of the ground on the low side and make it unstable. It is still fine though only off an inch of this were an all glass tank with just silicone then I WOULD BE WORRIED IF IT WERE OFF THAT MUCH!
