Good morning everyone. I reached the completion stage of my build and will share my latest video. In subsequent posts, I'll share how I got to this point. But first, I want to give a huge shout out to two members here to inspired me to build this tank, HX67 and the_deeb. Their projects are incredible, and I learned so much from both of them. So, I wanted to share what I've learned and thank them both very much for their ideas, hard work, and artistic skill.
Below is a video showing my DIY 3D styrofoam aquarium background, painted with Drylok and cement dye, and covered and with an acrylic clearcoat. I also created DIY faux roots to resemble sycamore tree roots that I see along the banks of my local creeks. The roots were created with a variety of materials, including PVC pipe, aquarium tubing, heavy wire, rope, plaster wrap, spray foam, foam board, covered in grout, and the painted with Drylok mixed with cement dye. The tank is supposed to simulate an eddy at an undercut bank along a rock wall.
I collected some fish this past weekend and added them to the tank to give the tank some life. There are five eastern blacknose dace, one fantail darter, and one rainbow darter. Here's a video of them.
In the following posts, I'll show you how I got to this point in time. I hope you all like the build. For future fish collecting updates to the tank, I'll start a thread in the native fish board. The DIY projects in this tank are:
Below is a video showing my DIY 3D styrofoam aquarium background, painted with Drylok and cement dye, and covered and with an acrylic clearcoat. I also created DIY faux roots to resemble sycamore tree roots that I see along the banks of my local creeks. The roots were created with a variety of materials, including PVC pipe, aquarium tubing, heavy wire, rope, plaster wrap, spray foam, foam board, covered in grout, and the painted with Drylok mixed with cement dye. The tank is supposed to simulate an eddy at an undercut bank along a rock wall.
I collected some fish this past weekend and added them to the tank to give the tank some life. There are five eastern blacknose dace, one fantail darter, and one rainbow darter. Here's a video of them.
In the following posts, I'll show you how I got to this point in time. I hope you all like the build. For future fish collecting updates to the tank, I'll start a thread in the native fish board. The DIY projects in this tank are:
- DIY 3D styrofoam aquarium background painted with Drylok and cement dye, coated with an acrylic clearcoat.
- DIY faux roots to simulate sycamore tree roots
- DIY spray bar for my canister filter
- DIY stand pipe for the canister filter intake