llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 lol spongebob.. such a suggestive show... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXC6rqvQFo'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXC6rqvQFo Link to comment
Sunar357 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Anybody could post a picture of tanks and call them their own! Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Anybody could post a picture of tanks and call them their own! Those are mine! I swear! Link to comment
Chris! Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Those are mine! I swear! 10g's stretched to look bigger. Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 10g's stretched to look bigger. Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 DT is drilled. Everybody STFU. Next is siliconing the sump. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Next up... it leaking.. lol jk. You should make the return line shorter.. looks kind of gaudy. Mine be a pain to get off now that its installed though... so maybe not. Don't forget to paint the back black! Link to comment
Chris! Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Next up... it leaking.. lol jk. You should make the return line shorter.. looks kind of gaudy. Mine be a pain to get off now that its installed though... so maybe not. Don't forget to paint the back black! Black is so 1992, go blue!!!! Blue will make the tank look bigger, and brighter. It has a more realistic look IMO. I have had both black and blue and I will never go black again. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 The thing I hate about blue is the black overflow box becomes an eyesore. WTB blue overflows... Either color is better than no color. Cords = evil. Black is so 1992, go blue!!!! Blue will make the tank look bigger, and brighter. It has a more realistic look IMO. I have had both black and blue and I will never go black again. Link to comment
Chris! Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 The thing I hate about blue is the black overflow box becomes an eyesore. WTB blue overflows... Either color is better than no color. Cords = evil. You could always add corals to the overflow, or stack rock infront of it to hide it..... or add nice corals to the tank in general and its not nearly as noticeable Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 You could always add corals to the overflow, or stack rock infront of it to hide it..... or add nice corals to the tank in general and its not nearly as noticeable Blue wall doesn't hide algae/coralline though. No way I am scraping the back wall all the time. Just doesn't do it for me, sorry Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Next up... it leaking.. lol jk. You should make the return line shorter.. looks kind of gaudy. Mine be a pain to get off now that its installed though... so maybe not. Don't forget to paint the back black! I might... I kinda wanted the back blue...makes it look bigger... Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I might... I kinda wanted the back blue...makes it look bigger... Blue.. pink.. whatever. Just paint it lol Link to comment
Chris! Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Blue wall doesn't hide algae/coralline though. No way I am scraping the back wall all the time. Just doesn't do it for me, sorry What kind of cheap drugs do you do that make a black background hide algae or coraline?? LOL BTW it took 5 minutes to scrape an entire back 48x18 panel every couple months, so like 3 minutes for a 40B. Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Blue.. pink.. whatever. Just paint it lol Yours it black, right? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 What kind of drugs do you do that make a black background hide algae or coraline?? LOL No drugs, black just hides brown better than blue. Ive never scraped it since I set it up and it barley noticeable. I would imagine once I get enough bright pink Coraline I would have to scrape it but not nearly as often. With blue I would have to scrape it as often as my front to hide the "brown hue" the glass gets after awhile. Those tiny white snails are another story but since adding a coris wrasse. He is cleaning it up for me. lol Blue is fine, but its not for me since cords/equipment/pumps/overflows, ect are all black. Link to comment
Chris! Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 No drugs, black just hides brown better than blue. Ive never scraped it since I set it up and it barley noticeable. I would imagine once I get enough bright pink Coraline I would have to scrape it but not nearly as often. With blue I would have to scrape it as often as my front to hide the "brown hue" the glass gets after awhile. Those tiny white snails are another story but since adding a coris wrasse. He is cleaning it up for me. lol I cleaned my back glass every couple months and thats it.... because coraline grows almost as fast in my tank as GHA in yours lol 3 months after the tank was set up: Quite a bit of coraline growth.... but it is still more noticeable on the black box then the blue background In the 10 months my tank was up with the blue background, I never had a "brown hue", you must be doing something wrong Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I cleaned my back glass every couple months and thats it.... because coraline grows almost as fast in my tank as GHA in yours lol In the 10 months my tank was up with the blue background, I never had a "brown hue", you must be doing something wrong Whats your problem? Getting offended because I have a different opinion then yours over a COLOR?! I don't have GHA in my 40B tank. Making stuff up because you are mad? I can look at your pics right now and see how dirty your back wall is. It just isn't for me. IT IS OKAY YOU HAVE BLUE and it is okay anyone else has blue.. but I personally don't want blue. I don't know why you are getting so butthurt. I'm not doing anything wrong, after a week the glass gets dirty from micro algae. They make algae scrapers for it. Bottom line: no need to be an ass because someone doesn't agree with you. This is about something so minor too that I am a bit shocked. Link to comment
Sunar357 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Black! Then the overflow and locline blend right in. Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 My wall is already dark black. Do I have to paint it? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 My wall is already dark black. Do I have to paint it? Yeah, because of the plumbing Kittehhhh! Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Yeah, because of the plumbing Kittehhhh! Kittehhhhh! Can I paint it even though I drilled the holes? And what type of paint? Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 JMO do really dark blue or black Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 JMO do really dark blue or black Why dark blue? I don't know what to do! Again, what type of paint? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Kittehhhhh! Can I paint it even though I drilled the holes? And what type of paint? Yes ofc you can, you just need to masking tape everything off you don't want painted. I think normally people use krylon?? I think someone will chime in. I used a water based acrylic which ofc water spillage would make it run. I just used that because I had to paint it indoors. Link to comment
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