We found the right glue and my roommate finished it all up this weekend. It turned out very nicely. He used sand for the substrate, with alot of flagstone rocks and quite a few small plants. The main fixture in the tank is a plastic F4-U Corsair (WW-II era carrier based fighter/ground attack plane) that he made to look like it had been shot down and crash landed, it has a pretty cool South Pacific feel to it. He added alot of bubblers (even one in the crashed airframe!), and put the canister filter and power strip in a small cabinet beneath the tank. We found that we had alot of condensation with the lid on, so we added a small desk fan to the top in the center which draws the air through the tank before it gets a chance to condense on the glass.
Now that it is full of water, I cannot move it at all, it is solid.
He added fish yesterday. In my opinion he added too many, but hopefully they all make it. The tank has plenty of filter power. The count right now is 3 small bala sharks, 8 giant danios, 6 zebra danios, and 2 small plecos. Even with all those fish the tank seems empty!
My computer is not wanting to recognize my memory card, or I would post some pics. Once I get it figured out, I'll put some up.
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