Painting Your Aquarium Background.mov

It can be unnerving to paint the back of your aquarium -- but it's very easy and totally worth it! John Carlin shows you how they do it at Ultimate Aquariums, as he paints a 120 gallon reef ready tank. Watch the process and see the results!

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[paulwcowan]

What's with the porno music?

[ISamuelII]

What about the effects of the paint on acrylics? I've made a video showing what happens when an unsuspecting girl friend decides to clean the tank for you (me) and used windex. It took a few times asking her what she did but she finally confessed to using that stuff.

Crazing, watch?v=lZHJg3JQ6VY

Are there any suggestions to get rid of and keep fire worms out of the reef tank? They destroyed a reef I had many years ago (circa 1991).

[Hotlips4000isback]

Why don't you just use Black Fablon(sticky Back Plastic!), In five minutes, it's on the glass, and it's waterproof!

Its cheap, and easy to use.

[thisthyme]

Hi, I always paint the backs and with glass tanks removal is easy with a Stanley blade glass scraper. Spray paint's ok but allows the light to light up the wall. Standard backgrounds printed on plastic film are best fitted with ;

(Seaview Adhesive.flv)

BTW I don't use Rustoleum because it's not black, Sikkens is.

Oil based blues tend to brown off with age (film's better) and it's not possible to get a dark blue in paint with flourescent lights, the light makes it chalky. Test first.

[jntrotman]

I have always found it easier to use window tint film, 5% leaves a little translucense ; not enough to see through and you don't pigeon hole yourself by spraypainting the tank and never being able to do something different with the aquarium if you choose

[trojanshawaii]

is spray paint alright?

[mbeezy618]

freakin great thanks

[FallensReef]

awsome vid man