Craig89
Fishaholic
Morning all, well I moved the tank in to our living room (spare bedroom still live with parents) and it looks great in its new home I now get to watch it all night rather than just when I'm in bed.
Now I decided I wanted a new background as the black one just dosnt cut it. I was looking at the juwel structured ones but it was going to cost £60 and to be honest I didn't think it was worth it.
I was out walking the dog and found these
Basically large pieces of bark from a fallen tree. I decided if these were cleaned up and then coated with 5-6 coats of G4 pond sealer to make them water proof so they wouldn't rot then silicone them to the tank.
I started cleaning the pieces last night first running them under the hot shower, scrubbing with a toothbrush and scraping the nooks and crannies with a carpenters awl. I then soaked them I'm boiling water 2-3 times and finally rinsed with the hot shower.
I still need to find a few more prices but here's one of the cleaned up pices that has been drying out on the radiator overnight
Now I decided I wanted a new background as the black one just dosnt cut it. I was looking at the juwel structured ones but it was going to cost £60 and to be honest I didn't think it was worth it.
I was out walking the dog and found these
Basically large pieces of bark from a fallen tree. I decided if these were cleaned up and then coated with 5-6 coats of G4 pond sealer to make them water proof so they wouldn't rot then silicone them to the tank.
I started cleaning the pieces last night first running them under the hot shower, scrubbing with a toothbrush and scraping the nooks and crannies with a carpenters awl. I then soaked them I'm boiling water 2-3 times and finally rinsed with the hot shower.
I still need to find a few more prices but here's one of the cleaned up pices that has been drying out on the radiator overnight
