Progress report... Stand is done and primed, soon it will get the 4
color splatter coat and later a clear "deck sealer". The tank has been
stripped of the nasty blue paint and the bottom frame will soon be
re-glued.

wrote:
Karl,

I would suggest leaving the paint.

The paint is (was) very nasty looking, if it was nice I would have left
it on, it was two different colors from sections that came off and were
re-painted by some one pouring paint on. There was air under the paint
in some spots which also looked very bad.

I will use a back ground that curves around each rear corner to provide
solitude for the Loaches from my kitties.