A touch of black

I managed to get the stand painted today, atleast the outside of it. One coat on the plywood looks pretty good, two on the cap moulding.

While I was at it, I thought I would see if the paint I was using would stay on the glass. Well it does! It took three coats to get a complete coverage but still a lot cheaper than 3ft of that plastic roll stuff at the LFS. Now the back of my tank is blacked out.

Monday I'll start filling the tank and moving what I have from its temporary home in my 20g.

I'll have to hit the hardware store as well for material to make the doors. Maybe a good square of MDF, some hinges and a couple pulls.

I also have to see if I can find some pieces of glass to build my sump/fuge. I'll be putting my 20g, maybe 25g in the cabinet. I'll take a spin around to see if any of the local glass places have some scrap laying around or in their garbage. I don't need anything bigger than 12"x12" so even if I find some old windows being thrown out.

I think that the tank will be running for a bit without the sump but one has to have plans.