Painting back of tank?

[COMPUTERCRAFT]

bob wrote:
>
> Anyone know a cheap source for coating the back of an aquarium.
> I did my 20gal's back and sides with some of that self stick black
> backround I picked up from a pet shop. $.24 per inch, what a rip.
> I don't like looking at my wall through the equarium, it takes away
> from the fish. What do you use???? What color backround and substrait
> do you use???
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Pet shops use a meedium shade of blue exterior paint on the outside of
the tank. Of course you have let the paint dry before the fish are put
in thee tank. You don't want paint fumes poisoning the water
--
Anthony Olszewski

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[Jason Dale]

>Anyone know a cheap source for coating the back of an aquarium.
>I did my 20gal's back and sides with some of that self stick black
>backround I picked up from a pet shop. $.24 per inch, what a rip.
>I don't like looking at my wall through the equarium, it takes away
>from the fish. What do you use???? What color backround and substrait

>do you use??? My tank friends are 2 tinfoil barbs, 2 Bala sharks, and
>soon a baby tiger Oscar. Suggestions.??? BTW it's a 55 gal.
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I like to use black construction paper. It's easy to work with and you can
just use transparent tape to attach it to the tank. I prefer the more
"natural" color substrate, mostly brown.

[Fran Arthur]

What color backround and substrait
> do you use??? My tank friends are 2 tinfoil barbs, 2 Bala sharks, and
> soon a baby tiger Oscar. Suggestions.??? BTW it's a 55 gal.
> Pioneer Deh-M980 | Pioneer EQ-6500 | Boston Acoustic Rally 5.25
> Pioneer GM-H44 | 2 JL Audio 10w4s| SS Reference 500s

We paint ours blue. It looks great...

[John Lobingier]

Hi, Use some colored tin foil. A hobby or craft shop should have the
foil. You can crumple it up to create a 3-D effect. It gives depth to the
aquarium.

John

[AirA...@quicklink.com]

COMPUTERCRAFT <ao...@computercraft.com> wrote:

->Pet shops use a meedium shade of blue exterior paint on the outside
of
->the tank. Of course you have let the paint dry before the fish are
put
->in thee tank. You don't want paint fumes poisoning the water
->--
->Anthony Olszewski

I am assuming this is spray paint...is it flat or gloss?

Ellen

[David Carson]

I recently set up an acrylic 55. I painted the outside back with black
rustoleum paint. It works great and there is no algae on the back. sure
works better than trying to tape stuff on the tank and it really does
look good. It hides all of the cords and stuff hanging down the back.

[Mikey]

I have painted the back of many glass tank black. You first put a skim
coat that covers the whole area, then apply the final coat. You must
put the tank flat so that it does not run.

Another neat trick is to get those printed plastic backgrounds, smear
the tank with a thin layer of vaseline, and laminate the plastic to the
tank. The effect is incredible !

[bob]

Mikey <mtri...@montreal.com> wrote:

:>David Carson wrote:
:>>
:>> I recently set up an acrylic 55. I painted the outside back with
black
:>> rustoleum paint. It works great and there is no algae on the
back. sure
:>> works better than trying to tape stuff on the tank and it really
does
:>> look good. It hides all of the cords and stuff hanging down the
back.

Yeah, what I've decided to do was paint it. I went to Home Depot and
found a rack of oops paint. Mixed but never bought. I think I paid
less than $2 for a quart. I was going to use black but only found a
very dark purple. Well, it looks very cool. Especially behind my
bright orange Tiger Oscar and Tinfoils. It does take patience, the
paint doesn't like to stick in one coat.
:>I have painted the back of many glass tank black. You first put a

skim
:>coat that covers the whole area, then apply the final coat. You
must
:>put the tank flat so that it does not run.

:>Another neat trick is to get those printed plastic backgrounds,
smear
:>the tank with a thin layer of vaseline, and laminate the plastic to
the
:>tank. The effect is incredible !

Bob

55gal-whisper#5: 2tinfoils,2bala's,1tiger oscar,1comet goldfish,1striped cat

20gal-whisper#1+ugf: 5mollies,5platies,2tigerbarbs,1zebra danio,1swordtail,1cory

both fish only, and yes over crowded=frequent water changes