3d background is finished

like the title says my background is just about finished. it has gone through one full day with water and the pH seems fine. I guess the paint or something is keeping things from leaching into the water column. Im pretty excited. i think ill move it inside today and fill it up and let the water circulate via power head one more day(if i can be that patient). I was horrible about taking picture throught the process. I basically just have a list of materials and some before and after pics. so i picked up a

4'x8' sheet of 1" thich insulation foam (the pink stuff) @ home depot,
5 tubes of GE 1 clear silicone @walmart,
1 can great stuff (gaps and cracks) @ home depot,
4 cans of krylon fusion spray paint (forest green, satin black, some blue color, and a metallic black) @ walmart,
1 bag of quikcrete the sandmix @home depot.
1 plastic gutter guard

i already had paint brushes and knives for carving. i used a 4' level and square to make sure my base was square and level (redundant i know), and i used some gatorade bottles (that i cut the tops off of) to mix the concrete in.

I am not extremely artistic so carving this thing was a bit stressful at times. I didnt want to make it look crappy, since its a pretty permenant fixture in the tank now, and i couldnt keep the image of what i wanted in my head long enough to carve it out lol.

all in all im happy, I really like the character from the great stuff so i didnt concrete it. I just painted it. I really liked the character i got from the sand mix too, but when i do this again i will either do the whole thing using just great stuff (no concrete at all) or i will concrete everything. I may go ahead and concrete over the great stuff... i dont know yet. i think it will depend on how it looks with the lights and canopy on.

okay well i'm not very patient. havent been patient for a long time now. so i finished the tank today. i am very happy with the turn out so far. here are some pics.






it seems a bit crowded in here. so i figure in a couple weeks or so i may be scaling down the number of fish a bit.

post some pics

Dude i want to get one for the 55 going. I pay you ;0)

lol. i tried to post pics. i dont know what the deal is. let me try again.

nope i cant cut nor copy and paste from photo bucket.
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that didnt seem to work either

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i have figured it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man i so many pics.

thats fing cool as hades

thanks, i think. but isnt hades really hot. like hot as hell?

ya, i guess ive never been there. hope to never go there

Nice pic of the OB Sp Hap. Have you ben thinking about the background for my 55??? :D

looks good!!!

Nice job.

I like it especially the twizzlers reflection :lol:

i love it. I was thinking about building one of those as well. before i start any suggestions?

Mason would be the one to ask.

i have lots of suggestions. I have so many suggestions that I wouldnt know where to begin. PM me some questions and I'll do my best to help.

actually, i have a bunch of supplies if you need something.