aquarium paint

[2004v35]

so a friend of mine is a painter and askewd if he can paint a background for me. My plan was to use a plastic sheet and have him paint it and then drop it into the tank so my question is, was paint is safe for the fish and wont contaminate the water with unwanted chemicals?

 

[DMD123]

Why not just paint the back of the tank itself? Then you will not have any issues.

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Yah, just paint the black of the tank black. It would look so much more nicer than a plastic sheet

 

[2004v35]

the problem is i have an acrylic tank and the back of the tank is blue acrylic so the only possible way is to paint on the inside

 

[aclockworkorange]

Then I would recommend against it.

 

[2004v35]

any suggestions?

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

an alternative is 3D backgrounds

 

[Tom LoFaro]

I don't think there are any aquarium safe paints, and if there was, I wouldn't trust them. Scrape the paint off the back of your tank, then have your friend paint a tarp or sheet, then hang that on the outside of the back of your tank.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Krylon fusion spray paint is fish safe IME once it's dry, but I wouldn't do it on the scale you're talking about.