Painting the bottom of a tank.

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True that! Looking to see the outcome of this. Thanks for doing this King!.
 
And yes, Krylon fusion seems to be the paint to use. I recently painted 2 small pieces of acrylic to put on the sides of my puffer tank because she was trying to kill her own reflection and I actually the new camouflage line by krylon. It comes in Ultra flat and it looks pretty damn good.
 
I actually have a couple bottles layin around But I only have a 2 day time frame to paint before fish are being moved in. Ya think it will dry and be fish safe that fast?
 
Well it's about 3/4 full but I just realized something while filling it up... the back panel has a clear strip at the bottom too since the trim goes a few inches up lol. Should've noticed that before but I guess that's how all glass tanks painted from the outside would be. It creates a white strip along the back edge thats stands out pretty bad though. So definitely paint from the inside if you're going bare with a painted bottom lol. I just shut off the pytho so I'll post some pics in a sec
 
Sweet thanks again for doing this!

KingOfKings55 said:
Well it's about 3/4 full but I just realized something while filling it up... the back panel has a clear strip at the bottom too since the trim goes a few inches up lol. Should've noticed that before but I guess that's how all glass tanks painted from the outside would be. It creates a white strip along the back edge thats stands out pretty bad though. So definitely paint from the inside if you're going bare with a painted bottom lol. I just shut off the pytho so I'll post some pics in a sec
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Also I gotta factor in the fact that I HAVE AWFUL luck with diatom issues. They never seem to go away and I doubt the paint could handle my algea scrubber once a week :/. Maybe I better just stick with the outside.
 
That doesnt look bad at all! Appreciate your research for me bro. Gonna do the outside rather than the inside like I said above I think if scratch the heck out of it scrubbing the glass as much as I have too.
 
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