Paint

[Bllib]

What is a good paint to use on the tanks? I am would like to paint the back of my tank Black.

 

[AROWANABE]

BEHR makes a high end paint that will stick to glass or acrylic. I used it on mine and stick well.

 

[Bud8Fan]

I got turned onto Krylon Fusion and I'm now a huge fan.

 

[Dennis]

If painting the outside of the tank I always use a water based black emulsion, couple of coats does it. If need be it can be peeled off easy.

 

[fishfreak317]

i also used behr black semigloss for a couple of my tanks. looks fantastic, after about 4 coats it should be good. i did 6 coats to be sure i was seeing light coming through till the 4th. get a foam roller, i noticed with he reg roller it didn't get spread good enough.

 

[jcardona1]

I like Rustoleum because it covers quick. I used Krylon before and I didn't like it, it wouldn't cover well. 2 cans did the back and bottom of my 100g. Check out what I did to mine...

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122060

 

[Bud8Fan]

Funny, I used Krylon Fusion blue, two coats and covered perfectly.

 

[TurboVinny]

i just use any type of rattle can stuff, just lay the tank down flat so you wont get drips

 

[jcardona1]

Funny, I used Krylon Fusion blue, two coats and covered perfectly.

Yeah, haven't tried the Fusion. Good thing about painting the back of the tank is that it don't matter if you get runs or drips; you wont see them from the inside!!!!

 

[]v[onster Loaches]

I used rustoleum latex based paint and a roller. It did take several coats - didnt 'stick' all that well at first. But works fines and easily peels off if thats desirable. I'm not sure since I am not at home but I estimate I used maybe a half of the can on my 240.