I have black, blue, or textured spray paint on the back of all my tanks. White would show everything like said before. Works good with my black colorquartz sand too.
black or white? you decide
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Black for sure. I used this rustoleum paint, http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=178 . It worked great and was easy to use. Check out the pics on my piranha tank link,
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171165
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171165
a lot of people now saying spray paint would this ne a better choice than just painting with acrylic paint, the only negative to a spray i gues is that it cant be removed at a later date i guess is that true?
chrismaher1505;2248128; said:
you can remove spray paint just as easy as you can remove arcylic. Acrylic paint is more likely to chip off. All the tanks that I've painted with acrylic I've had to put 3-4 coats on, and the filters always end up peeling the paint off anyways. Better chance of having it look inconsistent too. I used to use the cheap acrylic paints from walmart but now I just use spray paint. Go with spray paint.
chrismaher1505;2248235; said:
I honestly don't even pay attention. I've used all different kinds. I'm a big fan of the $1 spray paint or whatever is on sale lol. Just make sure if you're doing a big tank and it takes you 2 cans to use the same stuff. I don't think it would be a good idea to mix different kinds.
If you want something really cool, get the $5-6 textured spray paint by rustoleum. I used that stuff on one of my tanks with pool filter sand and it looks awesome. Took a whole can to do the back of a 55gallon though but it was well worth it. Easily the coolest looking background I've ever seen on a tank. Looks kind of natural, especially with pool filter sand. Makes me wish I had another tank to paint.
here are 2 shots for reference..
