There was something I thought about doing on my smaller tanks. Go to walmart or some store like that and buy a poster of like a skyline of a city at night and cut to fit. You get a black background with all the lights from the city buildings. Thought that might be different. One member here (cant remember who it is) has a golf course background. Cool as heck.
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i like to match the back to the room around it....
so my 180 i painted the color of one of my walls
so my 180 i painted the color of one of my walls
looks good dave, is this the new tank.
i always paint black but the new set up i am doing will be painted dark blue for a change
i always paint black but the new set up i am doing will be painted dark blue for a change
How about taking all of our avatars and printing them all up and sticking them to the back of the tank?
Howdy,
if you'd like to prepare a real cool background, then do this: Get paper/cardboard the size of the back of your tank. Spray construction foam (polyurethane) on it, let cure. This way, you create a 3D background. Paint with oil-based paint and let the colors flow into each other. Use brown and green, but also bright yellow (sparingly). It'll look awesome. I do that for all of my tanks. It looks real natural.
HarleyK
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when the gallery is up and running again, check my pics!
if you'd like to prepare a real cool background, then do this: Get paper/cardboard the size of the back of your tank. Spray construction foam (polyurethane) on it, let cure. This way, you create a 3D background. Paint with oil-based paint and let the colors flow into each other. Use brown and green, but also bright yellow (sparingly). It'll look awesome. I do that for all of my tanks. It looks real natural.
HarleyK
Ps
when the gallery is up and running again, check my pics!
I stick to a black backround, the only black fish I have is a huge Pleco that don't like to be seen anywayz, good ideas though!
I did this on a 10 gal tank I had set up as a terrarium. Take some black construction paper and using a pin or another appropriately sized item, punch some holes in the paper to form the various constellations in the night sky. You can also use an appropriately sized picture of a full moon pasted on the front of the paper. Tape to the back of the tank. Next form a shallow box from card board sized to fit the back of the tank. Make a cutout in the top and insert a small light bulb that will not generate much heat. Tape the box to the back of the tank behind the black construction paper. Turn out the lights in the room and turn on the light in the box on the back of the tank. You'll have a pretty good rendition of the night sky with stars shining. Putting some moonlights on the tank might turn everything into a nice moonlit night with a starry sky.
