Ugly blue background

[badreverend]

I was given a 120 gallon acrylic tank, I hurriedly set it up, took the fish from the 40 gallon put them in, everything done. In my overzealousness I didn't realize how ugly the blue acrylic in the back was. Has anyone done anything with theirs with fish in it? Thanks

 

[flopping flamingos]

Have you used the same filters from your old tank? is the back of the tank painted or is it vinyl or something?

 

[Tigerdat]

Years ago I had a scratched up plexi 100 gallon. The back of the tank was especially bad, you could see tons of scratches with a background on the tank. I sanded the bottom and the back of the tank then painted it with epoxy paint. It worked well and didn't ever peal off while I had the tank. The epoxy paint I used was called Copon it was sold by tap plastics. Its very toxic to use but after it was dry I never had any problems with my fish.

 

[badreverend]

Well, I was hoping to not drain the tank, I thought maybe some kind of panel or something like that. I was considering those mirrors for closet doors, but they're only 4' and the tank is 5'. If I have to drain it I probably will do something like you suggested Tigerdat but it seems like a lot of work for something so trivial.

 

[badreverend]

Flopping Flamingos, the plexi itself is blue, the filtration is all different, but how would that affect the background?

 

[flopping flamingos]

o it looks like you have still yet to learn of the nitrogen cycle.....Read up!
try draining the tank and spraying it with krylon fusion people use it in there tanks i think its black

 

[BushFishRox]

Flopping Flamingos, the plexi itself is blue, the filtration is all different, but how would that affect the background?

there isnt much you can do besides paint the inside of the tank... personally I would just deal with the blue background...

 

[FSM]

You can get a 3D background that goes inside the tank.

 

[badreverend]

o it looks like you have still yet to learn of the nitrogen cycle.....Read up!
try draining the tank and spraying it with krylon fusion people use it in there tanks i think its black

I know about the cycle, but I don't Know what you're talking about

 

[badreverend]

there isnt much you can do besides paint the inside of the tank... personally I would just deal with the blue background...

Before I agree with you, I'm going to see what 2 or 3 of those closet door mirrors look like back there