Finally finding time this weekend to continue working. Polishing should be wrapped up within the next week. One outstanding question in my mind is if I should paint the glued in acrylic background (blue to black). Krylon Fusion now has a brush on version that makes be think about changing it. The previous owner used the tank as SW setup, so I can understand blue, just for me I would prefer black. With the brush on I was thinking that masking and painting would only add a little bit of time (I have plenty of other things to be done though), but I am concerned with using an algae pad on the paint. If it comes off it will be a real pain. Any thoughts?
Also starting to think about how to install filtration system the most effectively, lots of ideas and hopefully something more concrete in the next week.
The orinos are all doing good, lots of growth as the bigger ones are already approaching 3" and the smallest are still over 2". Targeting to have the 500 cycled sometime in late July/early August. Wife and baby will be out of town for the final three weeks of July so I will be able to accomplish things more quickly.
One question regarding feeding, I'm currently doing bloodworm/crushed pellet approach. How long does the process of transitioning take from your experience? Should I expect weeks, months? I' m guessing its rather unique to each setup, for me it has been a week so far, I see a few hits here and there, but a lot of avoiding and spitting too.
