DAY FIVE

August 29, 2003

Well, its day five of the project and after Siliconing the pieces in place last night, I am ready to add the third and final coat of cement.. For this coat I mixed just like coat two, two parts Quickwall, one part playsand, and one teaspoon of the cement color..I knew about how much it was going to take to coat the whole thing from the previous coats so I mixed up 30 cups cement, 15 cups sand, and 15 teaspoons of color because I wanted to coat the whole background with one mix to eliminate color variations..This worked out well. With this coat I mixed it heavy just like coat two and spread by hand filling in all cracks and gaps between the pieces.. I had to stop about half way through and brush it out to smooth it up before the cement setup to much..

This is what it looks like now!

NOW!

Here's another view!

Another View!

Another shot!

Right shot!

I will let this coat set up for probably two days, misting it every four hours or so (FOG CURING) then I will fill it up with saltwater, I will use a 20 gallon salt mix to cure it for three days then change water a few more times to get the PH down to normal.. I will keep you posted on the progress all the way up through the African Cichlid introduction and testing! I am finished with the Biotower filtration and the sump is cleaned up and ready to go, even putting in a new return pump while I have it down..

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