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    That one looks good Ricardo. I will be trimming my for the overflows also. Looks like this http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Rock...ium+Background.

    They are very thin and will not float which is a plus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Second Hand Pat View Post
    That one looks good Ricardo. I will be trimming my for the overflows also. Looks like this http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Rock...ium+Background.

    They are very thin and will not float which is a plus.
    NICE! Just added that to my wishlist! I hadn't seen that one. That would be more than enough for my tank. I will silicone it in place since I really do not like the blue background. With the extra 4" at the top, I can use that for the overflow

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    I have one of these backgrounds in my tank. They are pretty nice! Just make sure you do a good job sealing the edges with silicone to prevent small fish and crud from getting behind it.The "clips" it comes with are a joke. The background is hard silicone like material so they are pretty easy to trim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solid View Post
    I have one of these backgrounds in my tank. They are pretty nice! Just make sure you do a good job sealing the edges with silicone to prevent small fish and crud from getting behind it.The "clips" it comes with are a joke. The background is hard silicone like material so they are pretty easy to trim.
    Good to know. Since I have an acrylic tank I am thinking I may need a good amount of silicone to make this work. Are the backs of the backgrounds flat or are the rock-like? If that makes sense

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    Ricardo, the backs of the backgrounds are not flat so you will need to work at finding the contact points. Here is what the background looks like in a 90.

    DSC_6167 by plh, on Flickr
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    The back is bumpy, not flat. I put silicone around all the edges and then put silicone on all the high points along with some globs here and there. Then went around the edges with a small bead after background was in place.

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    Biutiful Pat, i would almost k#%l for one of those, will need to start softening my wife up, you know be real real nice and buy her that dress she wanys wanted, lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by alcastro View Post
    Biutiful Pat, i would almost k#%l for one of those, will need to start softening my wife up, you know be real real nice and buy her that dress she wanys wanted, lol
    AL
    Al, that is my 90 but the same background is going in the 180. Good luck with the spouse
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    oh cool, I'm glad to know that is the background. I actually really like that background

    Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread

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    If I get juvies I will go BB. If I go sub adults I will finally use this PFS I have been holding on to for ever!

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    The backgrounds came today and I got the main piece cut down and two side of the overflows. Here's some pictures. The white is the bottom of the tank. The two pieces on the side of the overflows are not siliconed in yet. Waiting for the silicone to arrival. The tank is laying on its back on the front poach if the pictures seem weird.

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    I never realized those backrounds went "inside" the tank...
    Looks good!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ardan View Post
    I never realized those backrounds went "inside" the tank...
    Looks good!

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    Thanks Ardan, this is my third tank with this background. It is only 1/4 of an inch thick and beats the heck out of the Styrofoam backgrounds.
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    Yup love them, I live 20 minutes from their direct factory and showroom , got a lots of rock and tree stump from there

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    They are definitely much thinner than the other 3D backgrounds I've seen. I always avoided them because they took up 2" or so of valuable aquarium width. These look very nice! Are they easy to remove if you don't want them anymore? I'm assuming they're easier to scrape out of a glass tank than an acrylic tank...

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