Painting the background

anarchy

anarchy

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Getting ready to paint the backgrounds of my cubes but can't remember which paint was the best. I believe it was behr. Any input would be appreciated
 
Why paint it? For my 250g, I cut a piece of cardboard and sprayed it multiple colors to resemble deep water to shallow. Then it's fixed to the back. Pros: looks awesome and can change it whenever I want.
 
zportell said:
Why paint it? For my 250g, I cut a piece of cardboard and sprayed it multiple colors to resemble deep water to shallow. Then it's fixed to the back. Pros: looks awesome and can change it whenever I want.
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Cons: saltwater can run between the tank and cardboard and make it look bad and you have to clean it. With paint, the salt just runs over it and you don't see it.
 
I see too many cons with the whole cardboard idea. Just pick a color of paint you are happy with, and can live with for as long as the tank is up.
 
Sawdonkey said:
Cons: saltwater can run between the tank and cardboard and make it look bad and you have to clean it. With paint, the salt just runs over it and you don't see it.
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Cardboard backgrounds are not permanent. Therefore, you can clean it very easily. I however, have yet to have this happen on my 250. Painting the glass is too permanent for me. At the end of the day, it's all preference.
 
Bumping an old thread, but I'm in the midst of painting a large amount of tanks. I've painted all my previous tank with the krylon spray, and it simply does the job, spray from a distance and multiple layers. But is it more cost efficient and faster to use a roll on latex paint or do you notice the brush stroke from the roller. I know from far away it wouldn't matter, but from close up it may bother my perfectionist side.

Also I don't think I want to spend time in the weather to spray multiple layers onto the tank.
 
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