my latest project

[dp_paul]

usually when setting up new tanks its setup asap as i have my eye on some fish or have them reserved some where, but this times its different so im taking my time with it. its not a monster tank but as you can probably tell with some of the pics this tank is on the 3rd floor in the roof/office

first of all i had to find somewhere to put it
and i found this nice little wall

so the work started

first of all built a quick stand

the next bit i forgot to take pics as i was working due to wanting to get most the mess cleared up before my girlfriend got home lol

so here is the hole cut, stand and tank in place and the gaps in the studded wall filled

the next morning i nipped to homebase and got some supplies
i re papered the wall to cover the crappy edges i had left and fitted a small frame as i had nothing else to do lol, i have also sat the tank on an inch of polysterene

then i cut some rock shapes

stuck them down

all shaped, sanded and fitted

tank placed back into place while the silicone dries,

will give it all a cover of cement over the next few weeks then leave to dry for a mnth or 2 then crack out the g4 paint

 

[Egon]

Looks awesome!

 

[dp_paul]

got the first layer of cement done today

 

[BayArea_510]

damn you work fast

 

[dp_paul]

Kept looking at it and it being white was really annoying,so had to do something about it

 

[Wiggles92]

Looks great thus far! What were you thinking of putting in there?

 

[dp_paul]

Slowly building up my collection on different shrimps so im thinking some high grade shrimps.

Still not sure yet though

 

[dp_paul]

2nd coat dry

3rd coat drying as you read this

 

[Egon]

Yeah, this is moving along quick

 

[watsontony]

I'm impressed!! This is an amazing background. I am wanting to do something similar. What kind of cement did you use?