Another quick update:
- I spent the afternoon inside the tank.
- Inspecting, trimming, cleaning, and looking to see how close we are to ready
- All blue masking has been removed, all of the bead is trimmed and I didn't see any spots that were particularly worrisome.
- All of the tank's prior occupants are happy and healthy. The bass are in two separate 400 USG commercial fishing totes and the rest of the fish are split up between a 110, a 75, and two 60's. I also have a 180 rimless that will be a sump once this project gets closer to finished. I have one 27G tote that has a bunch of mopani in it and a colony of irritable crayfish.
- Inspecting the bead was a good idea as it clearly is not ready for water. In the four lower corners of the tank the bead is thickest and at one of those points I was trimming and a tiny bit of uncured silicone oozed out. Another week at least I'd guess.
- There are what look like dirty spots on the floor of the tank and that's just smears of silicone. The process of laying that much bead in a confined space is freakishly messy and that muck winds up everywhere.
- If for whatever reason this bead doesn't work I am definitely not masking on the next bead and I'm getting pretty good at this. Definitely not intimidated by the size of the project anymore.
- Waiting to see if it'll work or not is a weak point in this process for certain.
- I've got pics of current state but phone only has 3% charge and is about to poop the bed. Will upload later.
- I spent the afternoon inside the tank.
- Inspecting, trimming, cleaning, and looking to see how close we are to ready
- All blue masking has been removed, all of the bead is trimmed and I didn't see any spots that were particularly worrisome.
- All of the tank's prior occupants are happy and healthy. The bass are in two separate 400 USG commercial fishing totes and the rest of the fish are split up between a 110, a 75, and two 60's. I also have a 180 rimless that will be a sump once this project gets closer to finished. I have one 27G tote that has a bunch of mopani in it and a colony of irritable crayfish.
- Inspecting the bead was a good idea as it clearly is not ready for water. In the four lower corners of the tank the bead is thickest and at one of those points I was trimming and a tiny bit of uncured silicone oozed out. Another week at least I'd guess.
- There are what look like dirty spots on the floor of the tank and that's just smears of silicone. The process of laying that much bead in a confined space is freakishly messy and that muck winds up everywhere.
- If for whatever reason this bead doesn't work I am definitely not masking on the next bead and I'm getting pretty good at this. Definitely not intimidated by the size of the project anymore.
- Waiting to see if it'll work or not is a weak point in this process for certain.
- I've got pics of current state but phone only has 3% charge and is about to poop the bed. Will upload later.
