back ground/ corner caves

[neekaragua]

well i embarked on a small project yesterday to make a partial background
its pretty much just a small practice project to prepare myself for building a bigger one for the 90-125 that i will be setting up in the near future
heres some pics will update as the project moves along

i started with pink foam that was left over from putting under the bottom of my tanks and glued it together with great stuff that i had sprayed onto a piece of plywood and spread it on with a wodden spoon

 

[The Amazonian]

Cool start!

 

[arribapirate]

cant wait to see further progress!!!

on a side note.... amazonian... is that a DORK fish in your avatar?

 

[muckieman]

very nice

 

[neekaragua]

well have a few layers of concret on now will probably end up finishing that off tomorrow
then get it soaking

by the way its probably not a good idea to do this in your living room my girlfriend is going to kill me if i cant get the stuff out of the carpet

 

[cvermeulen]

How are you going to hold it down?

 

[neekaragua]

im going to silicone it right into the corner of the tank

 

[basslover34]

by the way its probably not a good idea to do this in your living room my girlfriend is going to kill me if i cant get the stuff out of the carpet

It's funny... the first thing I thought when I saw this was being done on the carpet... "DEAD MAN WALKIN" LOL My Wife would shoot me ... run me over with her car.. then shoot me again just to make sure I was dead if i messed up her floors like that.

 

[oregonian]

i say wait for it to cure them smack the hell out of it with a hammer! (then vaccum seriously)

very cool btw

 

[craigthor]

odds are the big stuff will come out but may leave stains, I'm a bricklayer and all my work clothes look like crap from the mortar staining them. Cleaning it up sooner then later is best.