Recent content by D and C Mac

Thanks for the pics, they're a great help (save the one for the San Francisco - reminded me of the late MM2 (SS) Ashley who tragically passed on in that incident). I was thinking of doing solid black. The two-tone seems to be strictly in my line of work (I'm a U.S. Navy submariner, that's why I...

Thanks. BTW, it's a FW tank. Here's some pics of what I have so far: I'm not going to be using the display stand, since I'm planning on burying it in a cock-eyed fashion in the gravel. Any ideas for the paint scheme? I was gonna do basic black, but I think it's a bit too plain.

Thanks for the welcome, guys! We definitely plan on learning quite a bit. Unfortunately, the tank has sprouted a case of algae and we're hoping the otto cats get it all eaten up. It might help if I quit over-feeding them, too! :lol:

Thanks for the help, guys. I'll definitely post pictures as I go along. I think crazy glue should work; this is polystyrene and I don't think there will be any issues there. As for the Krylon, I'mma gonna use Krylon flat black, maybe add some decals, and then seal the whole thing with Krylon...

I did a lenghty search through the forum and through Google, and found nothing. So, I have a model submarine that I am considering assembling for the tank. However, I know that I have to be extremely careful in the selection of paints and adhesives so that it doesn't affect the delicate...

Yup, we're new to the forum. Looks to be a lot of aquatic wisdom here and my wife and I hope to learn a whole lot more about proper fish breeding so that our tank can flourish. I snapped off a few pics for ya guys (sorry if they're a bit big): The aquarium: Our pair of tetras (soon to have 2...