3d cover for overflow

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dirtbikerider

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ok so I brought home my 300 gallon (72x30x36) acrylic tank with center overflow and originally the plan was remove the overflow and drill the back of the tank to create more swimming room, well another idea popped into my head that if I can pull it off would look amazing. I can use the tank as a room divider (which is what is designed for) but instead of having the big black ugly overflow in the center covering it with bark, wood, etc whatever it takes to make the overflow appear to be an actual tree, position driftwood pieces around the base to look like roots, i hope i am describing it well enough to get a good picture because what i have in mind would look awesome i just hope i can make this happen, so far the only product i have found that could maybe possibly cover the overflow halfway natural looking is this

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3985619

a reptile terrarium background, problem is that is a fairly small piece and it is still $20, could run up a bill the size of what the tank cost me to get that to work, so does anyone know of a product i am not thinking of? I really want it to appear to be a living tree in the tank, not just paint or anything like that i want it to appear to be as natural as possible,
thanks everyone and sorry for the novel
 
I did the entire background of a 72 bowfront with virgin cork bark. I thought it looked amazing. Tha'ts probably what petsmart is selling. I got mine unprocessed from a cork distributor in my area. If you do it soak it for a month. Everything I put in that tank the first month died, luckily it was only cycling fish. I don't know for sure it was the cork but that was the only thing new in there.

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yeah something like that! that looks really good, did you use any paint at all or is that all just the natural color of the cork?
 
Anyone else have any experience with this virgin cork bark? It looks good from what research I've done and I can order them in tubes which would mean I could just wrap it around the overflow with a big enough tube. I could also get smaller pieces to use as roots and fasten at the bottom half buried in the substrate.. I'm liking this one, anyone else? Or any other ideas, I'm open to all suggestions I just really like that one.
 
My brother use to make cat trees using carpet as the bark. You can probably do the same with the cork. Glue some pvc pipe at angles off of the overflow sides to the floor of the tank. Then fill in the triangles that are formed using some acrylic sheets. Then wrap it all with the cork to form a natural looking tree trunk (I'm thinking of a cypress stump).

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I tried to fix the broken link for the missing picture. The MFK censor-bot screwed it up. If you want to see the picture, replace the "***" with the three letter G word that is the nice way of saying queer. :screwy:
 
Thanks Chompers! I think that will make this easier, and also likely to be much more sturdy. Will still be a few weeks before we move and I get a chance to get this all set up (my new tank is in storage till the move, so sad) but once complete i will upload pics
 
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