2 posts from June 2008

Well, I got the tank and have finially finished the stand for it. I have to say, I'm really surprised at how good looking the stand, came out seeing as I built it.

 

 

This is the start for the stand. Lovely framing ain't it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All skinned with cheap plywood and wood puttied to hell and back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After first coat of stain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After second coat and trim added.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last night after filling. It's very cloudy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This morning 6 hours after last picture, it's alot clearer but still needs some work. I need to get more gravel and more plants and then let it cycle for a month and then I can add fish. :) I'm going to try my black thumb at live plants in this tank, we see how well that works. I'm also hoping that the driftwood I picked up does not take forever to get waterlogged. I might resort to siliconing in down to so heavy rocks.

I've been finding that I'm seriously stressed lately. I try to relax but am finding my normal relaxing actives just aren't cutting it, I normal go home and play COD4 with my normal xbox live group to relax. I find that even thu I'm playing a game I'm not finding it relaxing anymore, the guys I game with are cool dudes and don't taking their gaming way to seriously, so it's not the people that are causing me to not find it relaxing. I'm finding that it's the lack of having someone sitting across a table to interact with is what causing my lack of enjoyment.

 

There's nothing like seeing the looking on your buddies & the BM faces, when you tell the BM that your RamPython (think big lizards alien) is going to fire his .50 Cal machine gun (I told their big) out the back window of the bread delivery truck equiv. skimmer at the police skimmer that just happens to be in traffic behind you and has no idea that your party is making a get away from the shoot out you just had with a rival companys mercs.

 

I'm in serious need of getting a good RPG campaign going, my buddies are always down for starting up another Battlelords of the 23rd Century campaign but it always FAILS to happen. Our schedules are just so conflicting to ever get anything going and it SUCKS!!!