Keybo
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- 24 Jul 2015
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So being a newly qualified Marine Biologist and having had a fairly busy final year at uni, I was ready to fall into a more relaxed lifestyle but still continuing to work with my passion. So I got myself a job at the Fishkeeper Inverness store - a brilliant start to my Journal!
Keeping my lifestyle impacts minimized is very important to me so in order to justify the extra power consumption, I switched our energy provider over to a company which supplies 100% renewable energy! . I also like to restore/repair things and am not so keen on the old MDF cabinets which come with aquariums so I picked up a pine cabinet from a local charity shop that needed a bit of TLC. Moral obligations met .
I began the l....o....n....g.... process of hand sanding the unit down......
I really enjoyed working with the wood and during a period where I was waking up at stupid o'clock in the morning, I would put on some tunes and start my day with some sanding . I was in no rush to get my aquarium set up, I had research to do and was waiting for my OptiWhite tank to be built. However, if I was to do it again, I might just rent a belt sander for a day and blitz through it .
Finally I was finished sanding and varnishing my cabinet.
Before... (out of focus )
After..... with new tank.
Last night i finished my first play around with the hard scape. I really liked Stu Worrell's tunnel idea and I spotted some nice pieces of azalea root at work so I decided to make a passage of my own.
The idea is to green out most of the back and leave the black at the end of the tunnel leading to a dark mystery. My desktop is to the left of my aquarium so it I wanted to make a bit of sand for corys (potentially) to rummage around (I might extend this). I am going to pick up the plants I got ordered and play around with positioning soon but I'm in no rush. What do you guys think so far? I keep playing around with different configurations on the left hand side so any suggestions will be appreciated.
Keeping my lifestyle impacts minimized is very important to me so in order to justify the extra power consumption, I switched our energy provider over to a company which supplies 100% renewable energy! . I also like to restore/repair things and am not so keen on the old MDF cabinets which come with aquariums so I picked up a pine cabinet from a local charity shop that needed a bit of TLC. Moral obligations met .
I began the l....o....n....g.... process of hand sanding the unit down......
I really enjoyed working with the wood and during a period where I was waking up at stupid o'clock in the morning, I would put on some tunes and start my day with some sanding . I was in no rush to get my aquarium set up, I had research to do and was waiting for my OptiWhite tank to be built. However, if I was to do it again, I might just rent a belt sander for a day and blitz through it .
Finally I was finished sanding and varnishing my cabinet.
Before... (out of focus )
After..... with new tank.
Last night i finished my first play around with the hard scape. I really liked Stu Worrell's tunnel idea and I spotted some nice pieces of azalea root at work so I decided to make a passage of my own.
The idea is to green out most of the back and leave the black at the end of the tunnel leading to a dark mystery. My desktop is to the left of my aquarium so it I wanted to make a bit of sand for corys (potentially) to rummage around (I might extend this). I am going to pick up the plants I got ordered and play around with positioning soon but I'm in no rush. What do you guys think so far? I keep playing around with different configurations on the left hand side so any suggestions will be appreciated.
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