VeipaCray wrote:theartbook35 wrote:
You are quite welcome. Valspar is pretty popular from what I have heard. Do you have a finisher you can put over the paint (assuming you will always keep this the black color)? I worry about the water getting through the paint, and Valspar is very poisonous, like almost everything these days.
So the bottom of the stand is finished in flat black by Aqueon. On some scrap wood, I tried flat black with flat spray poly as a top coat and it made a glossy mess. I ended up spraying a satin enamel over primer on a piece of scrap and that looked very close to the base but gave just a very little sheen which should help with water.. so that's what I ended up putting on the hood. If this were a stained piece I'd be much more worried about a top coat. I am a paint novice... if you have any suggestions as to a paint top coat I'm all ears. The last hood I built was also black enamel, but it was rustoleum and painted on via brush with no top coat. That has held up well for the last year or so.
VeipaCray wrote:This is 50 lbs of sand. Does it look okay or should I add more?
VeipaCray wrote:@jaysea thank you. We had fun picking out turtle crib accessories.
@theatrbook35. Thanks. I'll look into some varnish. I'm planning on making a trip over to my local woodcraft store as well. Maybe those guys can give me a tip or two on application. I have very fine white aragonite sand in my reef tank. I would not put that in with a turtle. The turtle will kick up a lot of sand as it moves around and you will have a sandstorm which isn't great for your filter. Aragonite is expensive. You can get white play sand which is silica based sand, and larger in grain size so it's not as prone to sandstorms.
VeipaCray wrote:The tank is up and going. I need to clean up my office a bit and post some good photos. I caught Moe during his first basking session on his new ATBA. I got the rare photo... Moe is camera shy.
The cord in the middle of the photo is temporary and is for a digital thermometer. I was checking the basking platform to make sure I had his light at the correct height for temp. Apparently Moe is saying good job dad... this temp is just right for me.
VeipaCray wrote:There is a sticky sand thread on here. Seems that many are using playsand. It's a bit more coarse than sugar fine aragonite, but it doesn't have any pebbles.
EDIT: I just reread the first post in the sand FAQ, and quickcrere playsand that I used is one of the reccomeded sand types.
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