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joe kool · 10-16-2006, 11:08 AM

the only areas you really need to worry about being "neat" are the corners from the bottom to the top as the bottom will be under your substrait. The front 2 are the most important as they are the one's you'll be looking at AND if you ever use any medication with metheline blue (sp? and it's not important enough to go look up right now LOL you get the point, if not ask

) it will stain it a blueish tint making it more visible. As it ages it's turn a cloudy milky color too so it'll be more visible. The spoon technique does work well. I'd also forget about masking it off and just use a razor blade to remover the excess globs once it's all fully cured and to leave a nice clean edge right where the bevel of the spoon meets the glass in the corners. keep the spoon moist with saliva like you did your fingers and it aids in not making such a big mess too

BUT like someone said if your tank is set up attractively and full of colorful cichlids hardly anyone will notice ... unless I come over

I've got a bad habbit of picking on details (picky @$$ is what the wife calls it LOL)

10-16-2006, 11:08 AM	#6
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 572	the only areas you really need to worry about being "neat" are the corners from the bottom to the top as the bottom will be under your substrait. The front 2 are the most important as they are the one's you'll be looking at AND if you ever use any medication with metheline blue (sp? and it's not important enough to go look up right now LOL you get the point, if not ask ) it will stain it a blueish tint making it more visible. As it ages it's turn a cloudy milky color too so it'll be more visible. The spoon technique does work well. I'd also forget about masking it off and just use a razor blade to remover the excess globs once it's all fully cured and to leave a nice clean edge right where the bevel of the spoon meets the glass in the corners. keep the spoon moist with saliva like you did your fingers and it aids in not making such a big mess too BUT like someone said if your tank is set up attractively and full of colorful cichlids hardly anyone will notice ... unless I come over I've got a bad habbit of picking on details (picky @$$ is what the wife calls it LOL) __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I'm sequestered in South Korea, "Osan" to be exact 2 days till I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, those Floridians have no idea what they're in for!! current Fry: see above tanks: 100, 55, 46 BF, 26 BF, 20L, 5 fry tank 20L planted with CRS is the only thing up (easy for the wife to care for in my stead) Last edited by joe kool; 10-16-2006 at 11:11 AM.