Paint, Film, Bubble Gum?

[ricknbecky]

Do you all PAINT the tank, apply film?

 

Only thing I am woried about it painting the tank and getting something in there thats lost in the background.....

[anthony812]

try to use acrylic paint as they will dry faster and stay on longer, IMO. That is the only paint that i use...

[tinyreef]

black on the back. i'm back in black!

[LEEWINK]

i use light blue card on the back of mine, can pull off if need to, and i won't have the hassle or risk of flaky paint in the future.

 

just my point,

cheers,

lee

:) :)

[printerdown01]

If you are worried about having a background that you later wish to change or get rid of, just use paper, like lee. LFSs used to sell rolls of backgrounds (sometimes contain coral pictures or plants), often they will sell black backgrounds as well. If they do not, try using a black giftwrap paper -it has worked well for me in the past... and might again in the near future.

[Lunchbucket]

paint then you won't get water between a backround and the tank

 

Lunchbucket

[lizbeth]

On my fuge I applied limo tint. I'm not sure how it will hold up, time will tell. It's not quite as dark as I'd hoped, but for .99 I figured I'd try it.

[ajroahkni]

I've used a sky blue latex housepaint, POURED onto the back so it's thick. Just don't let dry in the sun, as it blisters.

 

Also, the latex adds a reasonable amount of protection on the back, as it's plastic.

 

Sky blue. It's light, really light blue. Blue enough to be like water, light enough to not lose some fish color (I think all the fish you'll find in this light tone will be irridescent, so no need to worry about it being dark and blending out corals/fish).

[LEEWINK]

"paint then you won't get water between a backround and the tank"

 

what are ya, kak handed or what ! how do you get water down the back,

 

cheers,

lee

 

 

:) :)

[Mnesarchus]

Paint it. I just taped mine and spraypainted (carefully).

 

Good Luck

[Sahin]

I taped and covered mine with newspaper and then spray painted the rear glass. Looks fine to me.

Paper and LFS backgrounds are just too fiddly etc etc etc.