Do you spray paint the inside of the tank?.....I would be worried sick
I see this topic come up often here, and I figured it would be cool if we all simply show the different color of our backgrounds. Additionally, if you happen to have a picture of the spray can you used, or the paint can you used to match how it turned out, that would be even greater.
Here I have two different backgrounds, one of which is my current 75g tank. It is a 3D background from Universal Rocks. You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o01_s00
This is what it looks like in my tank:
Also, if you look on the tank floor of this tank, you will notice it is painted. It was painted with 2 cans of textured paint by Rustoleum. I have been using this for years and in real life it can pass off as sand like look:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_303296-90-23...oleum+textured
This first one is the one that looks pretty much like sand. However, I wanted to get a slightly darker color and I mixed it with this one in the bottom:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_244365-90-22...8-4d207c8442eb
Obviously this isn't a painted on background, but this thread isn't limited to paint only, any background will do. This is to get ideas going for anyone thinking of spicing up their background.
Here is another option. This is "frosted" vinyl film from Lowes. You can buy this pretty much in any hardware store in the window section.
This isn't a great picture of this setup, but I don't have one here currently at work:
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Updated 50g by Ricardo Vasquez, on Flickr
I'll add another when I get home
Here's how they sell it:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_88113-74130-...d=1103227&pl=1
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Do you spray paint the inside of the tank?.....I would be worried sick
Hi Martin. All painting is normally done on the outside of the tank
We're here for a good time...not a long time
Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread
Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread
http://i3.cpcache.com/product/162117...ht=75&width=75
Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
You can get this and many more items such as T-shirts/Polos/hoodies/cups from our merchandise shop:
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That's what I thought, but it won't look like sand, just looks like glass with sand under it
"At the end of the day we are not really fish keepers, but water keepers." - Chris Ingham
Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread
Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread
http://i3.cpcache.com/product/162117...ht=75&width=75
Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
You can get this and many more items such as T-shirts/Polos/hoodies/cups from our merchandise shop:
Cafepress.com
Wow! Thanks for the video and your discus are so beautiful!
"At the end of the day we are not really fish keepers, but water keepers." - Chris Ingham
Lovely tank and beautiful fish For those of you that have the textured backgrounds, are they easy to keep clean, easy remove algae etc? Thanks
no, they are really a pain in the butt to clean with algae. I had a similar background with my 55g and it was a fully planted tank. The algae was almost impossible to get off. With that said, the algae gave the whole tank a certain "character" that I didn't mind so much.
Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread
Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread
http://i3.cpcache.com/product/162117...ht=75&width=75
Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
You can get this and many more items such as T-shirts/Polos/hoodies/cups from our merchandise shop:
Cafepress.com
What is a 3d background?
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Anybody have any tips for getting under the center brace, or is that just asking for more trouble than it is worth?
it is not rigid, you should be able to bend and work it in.