Fish's new tank project

[Fish]

Haha. Good idea... then people in both hobbies would think I'm nuts.

- Chad

[Delphinus]

"then" ? as in "not now"?

[Fish]

HA. Good point Tony !

[AndyL]

Lookin good chad, can't wait to see water in it!

[Fish]

Thanks Andy! I am just waiting on a little warmer weather so that I can do the painting. I am going with flat black krylon fusion for the plastic and flat black on the stand. The cans say 15degrees is the minimum but I thnk that I will chance it if we get a day in the 5-10degree range... guess I waited too long to get started.

Cheers

- Chad

[Fish]

Well, I took advantage of the brief warming to do some painting. I put one coat on the stand and one coat on the egg crate sides. Here is a comparison shot:







I couldn't be happier with the results. Not only is it cheaper to buy the white stuff and paint it, it definitely feels stronger and 'less brittle' than the regular black eggcrate. The krylon fusion paint seems to act like a flexible coat of armor.

- Chad

[Fish]

Here are some shots of the completed stand and sides. I still haven't painted the wood pieces so it doesn't look 100%. I thought it would be easiest just to buy a pint of paint and a roller, rather than using spraypaint on it.









Side:







Front:







I came across some aluminum channel that would be perfect for the the eggcrate to sit in - still trying to decide what to use on the top to lock it down...
What do you think?



- Chad