Post #731159 by Aloha Daddy on Sun, Nov 9, 2014 10:07 PM

Aloha friends, I continued work on the new roof and refined some of the other areas of the bar, added some bamboo trim pieces, basically fixed some little things that were driving me crazy. Ordered my first Japanese fishing float, a 12" aqua colored one, I got so excited! I've always loved these and I've always wanted one ever since I built my bar. I went to the store to get a glass cutting drill bit and OMG! They are expensive! No wonder I read someone bought theirs on Ebay. I think I'll contact a couple of glass companies tomorrow and see if they will cut it for me. Can't wait to get it lighted!

I'm really excited about my new fountain design. I bought a couple of tikis on Ebay and built a small pedestal about the same size as the tikis. I glued them to the front corner sides of the pedestal. I positioned it at an angle right above the aquarium. I made the basin out of a plastic salad bowl, spray painted it a medium green, and glued it to the pedestal with construction glue.

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Used the Rum bottle to weight the bowl down while it dried, hahaha!

I hot glued the greens and flowers to the sides of the bowl, I really like the way it looks now. Next step will be to get a couple of styrofoam pieces and attach them to the base on both sides of the pedestal and fill the areas with greenery. I also bought an LED underwater light for the fountain. I need to buy another nozzle for it and I can then set it up. Really excited for all the work I got done, looking forward to finishing these areas up and a couple of new ideas I have up my sleeve.

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