Anyone using a mirror for tank background?

[Randyoftheredwoods]

Old thread, but I wanted to add an update if people are reading these later like I do.

I recently had to isolate one of my discus fry for a bit. I thought he might get overly stressed being alone, so I taped a shaving mirror to the side of the tank. In about an hour, he swam up next to it and stayed there for the full quarantine.

Not sure this is a good practice, but it worked for me.

[Filip]

Old thread, but I wanted to add an update if people are reading these later like I do.

I recently had to isolate one of my discus fry for a bit. I thought he might get overly stressed being alone, so I taped a shaving mirror to the side of the tank. In about an hour, he swam up next to it and stayed there for the full quarantine.

Not sure this is a good practice, but it worked for me.

Hi Randy and welcome to Simply Discus .
I haven't try it ( yet ) with discus , but I have done it in the past with my Betta males and it sure made them more active and aggressive because they were really fooled by their imaginary friend in the mirror .

I just might give it a try on my Quarantine tank side glass first and see how discus will respond to it .

As for a mirror as a background of my display tank , I had a tank, long time ago placed in front of a mirror and the double looks of the tank and everything inside appeared confusing and non-appealing to me .
I didn't notice any additional skittishness or stress with my fish at that time and they were a begginer misch -masch combination of every cheap fish that pet shop sell at that time bunched up all together in a planted tank.

[Tres]

Sometimes good to revive an old thread! Personally I'm surprised that nobody had suggested using frosted mirror. That would provide some additional illusion of depth without the concerns that most people had raised.

[rickztahone]

Sometimes good to revive an old thread! Personally I'm surprised that nobody had suggested using frosted mirror. That would provide some additional illusion of depth without the concerns that most people had raised.

I've been using this for a few years now. I love the look of it and would recommend it.

[Phillydubs]

Any pics guys?

[Filip]

I've been using this for a few years now. I love the look of it and would recommend it.

I would like to see how this frosted mirror background looks like , Rick . So if you can dug up some old pics from your PC please do share them here .

[rickztahone]

I would like to see how this frosted mirror background looks like , Rick . So if you can dug up some old pics from your PC please do share them here .

Will do. Have you seen my 54g bowfront? It had it on there. I'll try to dig up the pics. My sw tank has this as well.

Edit: here you go. Found my old thread
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...Tank-(Journal)

Edit again: more here
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...House-Of-Turqs

[Filip]

Will do. Have you seen my 54g bowfront? It had it on there. I'll try to dig up the pics. My sw tank has this as well.

Edit: here you go. Found my old thread
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...Tank-(Journal)

Edit again: more here
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...House-Of-Turqs

Very interesting threads Rick . I havent stumbled upon them so far and didn't knew about your bowfront and your red turqs until now.
Now I also got to know the owner of the most popular wild discus tank pic on the internet .
And I didn't knew that you are such a Handyman .That stand and lights canopy looked better than the store bought products .

I like the frosted look and the white light that comes from it.
Too bad that things didn't turned out as planned for you here Rick , but thanks for sharing this older thread .

[rickztahone]

Very interesting threads Rick . I havent stumbled upon them so far and didn't knew about your bowfront and your red turqs until now.
Now I also got to know the owner of the most popular wild discus tank pic on the internet .
And I didn't knew that you are such a Handyman .That stand and lights canopy looked better than the store bought products .

I like the frosted look and the white light that comes from it.
Too bad that things didn't turned out as planned for you here Rick , but thanks for sharing this older thread .

My pleasure Filip. That stand was built like a tank! lol. It was a build I was proud of. Unfortunately, it was done with a smaller tank that should not have been used in the first place.