Message from discussion Painting back of tank?

From: musta...@webspan.net (bob)
Subject: Re: Painting back of tank?
Date: 1996/11/10
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Mikey <mtrif...@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