Hi all, Great site! Been lurking for a bit now, finally joined cause I wanted to see all the pictures (truly devilish planning on the admins part
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Anyways, quick bio cause i'm new: I'm old, fat, bald, lazy, I have 1.2.1 members in my family (I put the last 1 in there for my wife as, since the birth or our third child, the parts that would confirm her as female have been off limits, she yells at me in tongue and I'm convinced she has been taken over by a demon, which, i'm not sure are normally male/female identifiable...however, I digress...). Anyways again, I tried to link a picture of myself from my layout in the November 2005 "Fat and Furry:Exposed edition" but the webiste kept blocking it, Odd.. if you feel the need to google it please keep in mind that November is a cold month...just saying....
Sooo, I just finished my first palu (I'll figure out the linking of pictures thing from home). Its a basic 28g bow front tank with apx 12"x12" land and the rest water (apx 6.5" of water depth)--Looking for inhabitants but I'll get to that later.
This is the first time that I have tried using Great Stuff plus egg crate for background and build. Many usefull links found at this very site however, I feel that some of the warnings are not accurately stated.
1. To the People that say its easy to use and can be easily carved into your desired mental image; To you I say "LIES!", this stuff has a mind of its own and merely getting it to stop coming out of the can when you want it to is an art form all on its own.
2. The amount of time it takes to say "No" is greater then the amount of time it takes a 3 year old to test for herself, before waiting for you to answer "Daddy, Is it dry, can I touch it?" (take this out of context and you are qualified as a bad bad person)
3. The demon that you live with will in fact scold you for laughing because your 3 year old's fingers are stuck together and now crying because your laughing, causing you to laugh more (vicious circle really)
4. GS has a jump radius of no less then 2", meaning, even though you are sure, no, positive, that you didn't come near it, still drying GS will latch out and grab onto your forearm. It will do it so gently that you don't feel it at first, causing you to smear it on your shirt. After it has accomplished its mission at ruining your shirt, it will then permantly bond to your arm hair (at this point its easier to remove your arm)
5. GS bonds nicely to the dining room table you used, without permission, as a work table.
6. GS bonds better with the hardwood floor under said work table.
7. GS bonds bestest to misc petshop toys...several were sacaraficed to prove this, memorial services were held as a group, donations were accepted.
Thats all i can think of for now, GS is, well...great stuff, just not as "easy" as some say. Those that make works of art out of this truly impress me. I used it, it did what it was suspose to. Took me three attempts and two extra cans. I'd use it again, with a protective rubber suit....
Now, knowing all this, what should live in here? hmm...
Nice to meet you all, thanks for all the tips.
Mark
P.S. If you tried to google my image...you know you did...that was just a joke...it wasn't that cold....
New guy here. GS warnings inside...(humor--i hope)
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