New 240g project

[Steve]

Up to about 80 hours into the background now but I do see the end in sight, at least far as the background goes. Finished up another full day of painting and now have all the paint work done. All that is left to do on the background now is to pull it back out and seal it with pond shield and then install it permanently and work on installing the blue cave lights. Then I can start on finishing the stand. Few pics of it currently. First pic is with just the camera flash then the rest are with the full spectrum LED tank lights on.

 
 
 
 

[kodyboy]

Looks awesome! Can't wait to see the fish in it and the back lighting

[Regalblue]

Woah!!

[danotaylor]

Looks ripper Steve!

[Steve]

Well been about 10 days or so since I touched the tank. Long story short right after these pics I was moving a 20g tall tank one night and didn't see an edge chip on it,  as I sat it down I sliced my hand open really badly. So haven't been able to do any sort of work for the past 10 days now while it heals up. Looking really good now though and finally have the bandage off it so thinking I should be able to get back to this project as well as a 6ft 3DBG I have to finish soon. Hopefully be back to working on things this weekend with a little luck.

[kodyboy]

Cone on!  Duck tape that wound and finish the project!  We all want o see it up and running with fish in it:)

[Steve]

Oh trust me I went through my share of duct tape over the past week I know it could have used at least 8-10 stitches but not having insurance there was no way I was going to the doc. So I made due with gauze and tape.

BTW in case anyone ever wonder's...a product called New Skin HAS ALCOHOL IN IT LOL. I bought some of that stuff the night I cut myself to try to seal up the wound not knowing it had such a high amount of alcohol in it. I think I almost bit through my tongue when I put it on it burned so bad!

[kodyboy]

I was kidding........

[Steve]

I was kidding........

I wasn't  If there is anyway to avoid going to the Doc, I'll find it lol

[kodyboy]

I understand.  That doctor cash could be better used for fish:)

[E.Y.]

Super Glue is the way to go. 

I used to live on a small island with no doctor.  At one point I dropped a large piece of glass on the top of my big toe. 

There was a surgeon who just happened to be staying at a resort about an hour from where I was living.  He and his wife used two bottles of glue to put my toe all back together.

He said it is the same stuff he uses now for surgery, and that the scarring is much less than if he had stitched or stapled me.  It also peeled of naturally as the wound healed.  Had to duct tape a grocery bag to my ankle every time I went in the ocean, but it healed nicely. 

[GrizzlysDad]

Super Glue was originally developed as a medical tool fot EMT's.

[Steve]

After cutting my hand about a month ago I had to take a break from working on this project while it healed. The hand has been back to pretty much good as new now for about the past 2 weeks but during that downtime for some reason I just kind of lost a bit of the enthusiasm for working on this. I think stepping away from it plus this timne of year with spring just around the corner and rod orders starting to flood in I've been thinking more of fishing trips & outdoors than working on this.

The good news is since I started back on three other customer backgrounds about a week ago that finally rejuvenated my desire to get back onto this big tank again. So last night after stopping work on customer backgrounds for the night I pulled the background out of my tank and spent a while sealing it with Pond Shield Pond Armor. Later tonight I will be mounting it permanently into the tank now.

All sealed with Pond Shield and ready to install

[Steve]

 
 

Background is now all permanently siliconed into place and drying. Also got some large all plastic bolts and mounting the stalactites.

[Steve]

Been busy the past few days bouncing between customer backgrounds, rod orders, and trying to fit in some progress on my own 240g project. Here is where it is at today. Buffed the front panel for a 3rd time, background & stalactites all sealed and installed for good now, mounted various silk plants for some greenery, cave lighting all set up and substrate is in. Probably be all the work for a while as I have rods and other backgrounds to finish but I hope to be back on it again in a couple weeks. Satisfied with the progress for now.
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