I got impatient. Here's Mister measuring for the spray bar across the back. Once the silicon on the bracket cures, I can spray paint it black to blend in with the trim.
I'm going to use pond foam and Krylon Fusion to make the rocks. Parchment paper, lay down a tube prepped for sand lift, foam it. Going to make 3-4 columns for rocks, spray a few different colors (almond, espresso, river rock) across the lot of them, dry brush across the wet paint to get strata effect and... Yep. That's it. Thinking of breaking off bamboo skewers to anchor them together and toss moss on. Bam. Done. That's a month or so away. Still need to get the Finnex Planted + 24/7, which a video on YouTube shows has 60ish par at 17" when it's 3pm. May only need one, since the high light plants are going in one area and the bar has 90* coverage IIRC.
Tomorrow before the bacteria starter from LFS goes in, the plants are going in. The tank is right next to a wall of windows, I'm confident they'll hold fine a week without a dedicated lamp. It's the plant package from fishenthusiast. Next payday, I'm grabbing a large mat of dhg from MINIMAL to set in along the banks, up the hill and over on the right side.
I love the fact I'm able to get r done with the help of people here. That being said, when time comes to add trees, I'll be posting wanteds for the bits I'm lacking. So win!
Also, the sound from the spray bar is fantastic. Need to find a bird track to play on loop hahahaha
