Background Colour

[weezawoo]

Im sure you are all getting pretty fed up with my posts I promise it will stop when I have sucked all the knowledge I can from you haha!

Just a quickie, been thinking about background, I have seen blue on marine tanks, is this best? Also painted on or plastic stuck on? Do 'detailed' backgrounds look tacky? Never seen one on a marine tank.

 

[Uriel]

Think most people go for blue or black and I believe they use tile paint although can't remember the specific brand. Like seffie always says to me more questions = good. Shows that you want to do whats best by your stock. In my opinion forums like this are Key to pushing fish keeping out of the dark ages of misinformation and myth.

 

[weezawoo]

I love this forum, I have ventured to other pastures ... and wouldn't ask any of the Qs I have here in fear I get nasty response as I have seen on some! Most of the time I think it would be fine, but you guys are my family haha

I can't decide if I want blue or black, and paint or not haha!!! There is scummy stuff on the tank I am getting so it might show it up more, I may have to find a background to place in the tank

 

[ben1987]

ive always used roseal tile paint. covers usually in one good coat and looks good. ive always chosen black before as i think fish colours really pop against it. but this time im going blue. blue backgrounds make them look really bright and clean imo! well when you clean corraline off!

 

[weezawoo]

Thats why I am worried, the tank was previously a marine tank and has white all over it which I reckon is coraline. Its white so it could show up real bad if I can't get it off!!

 

[ben1987]

you can get it off. it will be dead corraline. soak the tank in diluted vinager and warm water. use and old credit card after half hour or so and it will come off lovely

 

[weezawoo]

I will try that although filling my 6ft tank with warm water outside will be a task haha

 

[ben1987]

use a bucket and sponge then. do a square foot at a time. mix a warm water/vinagar solotion and get the dead corraline nice and wet. then it should flake off with a credit card. if not, you know those yellow stanley paint scrapers you can get from B&Q for scraping pits of paint off glass. they do, but be careful not to scratch the tank itself

 

[weezawoo]

Thank you I have plenty of time to do it so won't stop til its squeaky clean

 

[ben1987]

shouldnt take that long tbh...try do a good job though as it will look so much better full up! last thing you want is to fill it with rock and water and not be 100% satisfied!

 

[Uriel]

Sorry to slightly highjack but is ronseal tile paint reef safe. The reason i ask is i need something to paint the inside of my glass overflow. I realise it's reef safe on outside as it isn't in contact with water ?

 

[ben1987]

no. get some thin acrylic for the weir

 

[weezawoo]

Um what type of vinegar? Lol

 

[Yuma]

white vinegar.

 

[weezawoo]

Thank you!