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2la · 05-22-2003, 04:28 PM

It does look thicker, but only because I'm stupid and forgot that this was on your 10G tank. Mine is Foamula 150 versus your 250--I have no idea what that indicates. Thanks for the tips--I have a baaaaaad feeling this is going to FURTHER distract me from my studies!

karfixer · 05-25-2003, 05:48 PM

I'm working on a similar project for my 105G tank. I used the extruded polyethlene- i.e. sheet garage insulation. I've been using the West Systems epoxy 105+206 hardener, and industrial sand. the sand is brown-i'll be using some of the Rit dye for shading/color. I'll be buying another batch of the epoxy-the "b" size- since the stuff has a long shelf life there won't be any problems with leftovers.

Kim · 08-03-2003, 08:03 AM

Great background! What section of Home Depot would I find sheets of styrofoam?

btw do you have a pic with water,fish, and plants?

Rob A · 08-03-2003, 09:21 AM

Jay that is really cool. I'm really glad to hear that the epoxy will work on the styrofoam.

I was doing some fiberglass work on something. I put the brush that I was using and some leftover resin that wasn't hard yet into a styrofoam cooler that was trash. When I got done cleaning up, I went to put the cooler in the trash and noticed that the fiberglass resin ate through the styrofoam.

It looks really cool. BTW, what type of fish are going into the 10 gal?

Rob A
30 gal hex, fancy goldfish
30 gal african cichlid, 4 saulosi
20gal long community

08-03-2003, 10:03 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kim:
Great background! What section of Home Depot would I find sheets of styrofoam?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Kim,
Just go and ask someone for "pink styrofoam". Forget which section it was but you can find it around insulation material.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>btw do you have a pic with water,fish, and plants?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Unfotunately, this tank was taken down and replaced with "Biotopia" (you can find pictures in Picture gallery). I wasn't able to get fish that I wanted.
Last picture you see above have water in it

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08-03-2003, 10:05 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rob A:
It looks really cool. BTW, what type of fish are going into the 10 gal?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Rob,
I was going to use Neolamprologus multifasciatus but couldn't find them anywhere locally. I gave up and did Biotopia tank.

08-03-2003, 10:06 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by 2la:
Thanks for the tips--I have a baaaaaad feeling this is going to FURTHER distract me from my studies!

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2la,
What happened to your project ?

Kim · 08-03-2003, 06:24 PM

oh I see. I was really looking forward to seeing it with plants and fish

Do you still have the background?

08-04-2003, 06:09 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kim:
oh I see. I was really looking forward to seeing it with plants and fish

Do you still have the background?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nope. I dumped it

Jon Mulzer · 08-04-2003, 10:03 AM

You just dumped it??? That background was gorgeous. Had I decided not to use it I would have at least put it up on ebay or aquabid. I am sure it would have fetched a healthy price.

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