Seaview Gel

EricJ7182

EricJ7182

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I just picked up two double sided backgrounds for my 75 and 90 gallon tanks. I was thinking of getting some seaview gel to attach them. Has anyone used this product before? Is it worth it for just a regular solid color background?

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DMD123

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Ive used it and it does make the background really look good. Not having the air between the background and tank make a big difference, the details really stood out. It is a bit messy to work with and your background has to be near perfect not to get air bubbles. It would come out great in the center but as you got to the edges there were tiny ripples in the background which caused air bubbles that were next to impossible to remove.
 
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I never used it or anything for that matter but I read baby oil, and petroleum Jelly do the same thing.
 
EricJ7182

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I'm curious as to what the results would be. The fish in the tanks would be a Festae pair in the 90 and an RTM pair in the 75. They are both very colorful fish, so I'm trying to figure out if the seaview gel is worth it visually. I'm breaking down and moving both tanks monday, so I won't have another chance to do this until I move. I see a lot of great pics on here with black backgrounds and wondered if this (along with a nice camera) would produce better pics.

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DMD123

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I had used the gel on a background with a pattern on a 5ft 120g tank. It really made the picture pop. When it came time to do my 210g I decided just to go plain black background and tape it on. I think the gel is good if you have a picture background but if its just black I dont think you need it. Actually if I were to redo it I would probably just paint the back black instead.
 
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DMD123 said:
I had used the gel on a background with a pattern on a 5ft 120g tank. It really made the picture pop. When it came time to do my 210g I decided just to go plain black background and tape it on. I think the gel is good if you have a picture background but if its just black I dont think you need it. Actually if I were to redo it I would probably just paint the back black instead.
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+1,My background is also black, I used the gel, on a black background save yourself a couple bucks and tape it or paint it black

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