Tank Journal Archive
Ok so this concludes what I can do until my next days off.
One coat of polyurethene on the inside, one coat of maple satin on the outside.
Two coats polyurethene on the inside, two coats of maple satin on the outside and two coats of white gloss on the top.
I'm abit disappointed with how you can still see the wood filler quite abit but overall I am happy so far and besides in the next photo is what I will see the most of anyway.
I don't think I will do anymore maple stain as I'm happy with the colour now but will have to wait until it drys. You may also be asking why I have painted the top white, well its because if I do go barebottom you should be able to see the white so it kind of gives the appearance of sand. So next days off I will do the door/doors undecided on how I want to do them yet and also the capping around the top and bottom. I'm also undecided if I will do a open hood for the tank or not. Anyway enjoy.
One coat of polyurethene on the inside, one coat of maple satin on the outside.
Two coats polyurethene on the inside, two coats of maple satin on the outside and two coats of white gloss on the top.
I'm abit disappointed with how you can still see the wood filler quite abit but overall I am happy so far and besides in the next photo is what I will see the most of anyway.
I don't think I will do anymore maple stain as I'm happy with the colour now but will have to wait until it drys. You may also be asking why I have painted the top white, well its because if I do go barebottom you should be able to see the white so it kind of gives the appearance of sand. So next days off I will do the door/doors undecided on how I want to do them yet and also the capping around the top and bottom. I'm also undecided if I will do a open hood for the tank or not. Anyway enjoy.
Nice work! I was going to ask why you needed a board on top of the stand but you answered that in the last post. I have found that you really need to give a good sand where the putty and especially glue is, because it stands out like dogs balls when I have stained over it! Can't wait to see more progress.
Just ordered my Waveline DC3000. On another note I was thinking of a livestock list and this is what I was thinking:
Rainsford goby
Starcki damsel
Royal gramma
Some kind of wrasse
Maybe a Ocellaris Clown or two
Red firefish
Maybe a dwarf angelfish
Since the tank itself is only 240L or so not including the sump I won't have all of these fish in there so just throwing ideas around. Also for my lights I have changed my mind kind of. Now I will got for 4 x 24w T5HO and also have 24 x 3w LEDs. For the T5HO tubes I will go for 2 x ATI blue plus, 1 x ATI coral plus and 1 x ATI purple plus. As for the LEDs they will be a mix of Royal blues, blues and cyan all on a dimmable controller. I'm suppose to be heading to Vegas in September so will pick up the Philips Luxeon LEDs, ATI tubes and a T5HO retrofit kit while I am there. In the mean time I will just have the 24 3w Bridgelux ones I have at the moment.
Rainsford goby
Starcki damsel
Royal gramma
Some kind of wrasse
Maybe a Ocellaris Clown or two
Red firefish
Maybe a dwarf angelfish
Since the tank itself is only 240L or so not including the sump I won't have all of these fish in there so just throwing ideas around. Also for my lights I have changed my mind kind of. Now I will got for 4 x 24w T5HO and also have 24 x 3w LEDs. For the T5HO tubes I will go for 2 x ATI blue plus, 1 x ATI coral plus and 1 x ATI purple plus. As for the LEDs they will be a mix of Royal blues, blues and cyan all on a dimmable controller. I'm suppose to be heading to Vegas in September so will pick up the Philips Luxeon LEDs, ATI tubes and a T5HO retrofit kit while I am there. In the mean time I will just have the 24 3w Bridgelux ones I have at the moment.
