Back(ing) Breaking Installation

I have finished installing the Juwel Rock 600 structured background, which had to be cut and shaped to fit the aquarium. Once the correct shapes were achieved, I glued both pieces onto the back glass of the aquarium using silicon glue. This turned out to be more difficult than expected as the backing was slightly curved. But after lots of glue, what felt like hours of pressing and with a bit of luck, I think they are either glued into place or just wedged together, waiting to pull away at an inappropriate time. We will see what happens when the water goes in.

As you can see from the picture, there is a distinct line where the one backing joins onto the other. I will try to hide this with some tall plants like the Amazon Sword (Echinodorus amazonicus) or by using bogwood or both.

With the help of L, we moved the tank onto the cabinet, which led to a few hair raising moments and lots of back pain for the both of us. Big is not aways better, but is aways heavier! The combination of size and weight made picking and moving of the tank very difficult. From getting your fingers and hands under the tank to moving the tank into position can be very tiring and finger/back breaking. But we managed none the less. Thanks L for all your help!