3d background - aquamaniac/ atg scape

[satt71]

I ordered a amazon 3d background from atg-scape for my 210 aquarium on jan 10 2014 and I will be receiving it on Tuesday March 4. This is a 72x 30 background and took a fair enough time to get in hand. I will try to post this project as a journal.

Though atg scape has an address in KY, the background is made in UK.

Hope it will look good in the tank.

[satt71]

Awaiting the background..

[musicmarn1]

Loooooovely tank do you have link to background ? Need one for my 238g just not seen one I like yet

[satt71]

www.atg-scape.com is the site and you can see multiple backgrounds there..

[satt71]

The 210 G tank...

[satt71]

the package arrived all tattered ...thanks to the international shipping from UK

[satt71]

The background is not damaged...pretty good packing with sponges..

It is 72x30 background ..they were in 3 pieces...



the 1st and 3rd piece were wrapped together...



the 1st piece..front.. with and without flash





the back



the 2nd piece..





back



the 3rd piece..front



Back

[satt71]

all in side by side...

[satt71]

the connectors..



after all the pieces connected..



I will updating as it lands up in the tank...still a long way to go...

[rickztahone]

Very nice. I've had a few 3D background myself and the one thing I remember is that all of mine overlapped, rather than met as a seam. Will you try to blend it in a bit with some additional materials or will you leave it with the line showing as breaks?

[Nick Klimkowski]

Looks good. Looking forward to seeing it completed.

[satt71]

Very nice. I've had a few 3D background myself and the one thing I remember is that all of mine overlapped, rather than met as a seam. Will you try to blend it in a bit with some additional materials or will you leave it with the line showing as breaks?

you are right..they all overlap and a gap is always visible. At this point, I am not going to do anything..there is a spongy material on each sides... I will try to fill the gap with it

[Second Hand Pat]

It is a great looking background. Does it need to be siliconed in?

[satt71]

It is a great looking background. Does it need to be siliconed in?

It need not be silicone..it has got some brackets where you can put the connectors to hold them. The background is also a bit heavier than the Rocky background..here are the pictures..

[satt71]

This weekend, I set-up the tank with the background, pool sand as substrate and water..all this gave me a back sprain..taking pain killer now..here are the pictures as I put them all