Well it's been a while since I got some work done on the tank since it isn't my only hobby. I have been busy planning my new computer to build/watercool/overclock. Plus work and school don't help. But I have finally gotten around to getting some real work done on the tank.
I put a layer of silicon on the sides of the tank and under the land area to hide the PVC pipe for the overflow/return from the sump.
While breaking some of the rocks to fill the gap between the glass and the rock wall I smashed the tip of my finger with the point on the rock hammer. Left me a giant blood blister that was like 1/3 the size of a dime :evil: but I finished it all so I could get started with the foam.
Here is a closeup of both the return and the overflow before I glued them to the tank.
Now here's the supplies I needed to start foaming the back. Those gloves were ABSOLUTELY necesary. I can't imagine not having them, I couldn't find anything to remove the foam when it was wet. I tried denatured alcohol, paint thinner (worked better than anything else, but still really bad) and would have tried Acetone if we had any. This stuff sticks to everything.
Here it is half way done. The pvc coming from the back is to just prevent the foam from going in the bulkhead and messing it up. I'll finalize the output for the waterfall when it's dry.
And here it is done. This stuff does dry very quick. I sprayed it and it felt almost completely dry by the time I came back from dinner like 30 minutes later. It took 2 seperate sprays to fill the lower part of the waterfall enough. Now I have lots of carving to do tommorow lol.
I bought the coco bedding today and soaked that. It should be dry tommorow so I'll pick up another tube of silicone and hopefully get the backing on. It's unbelievable how much that stuff expands. I put 1 brick in a 5 gallon bucket with 4qts of hot water and the bucket is almost 1/3 full of the fiber and no water :shock:
