renjarben Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 just wanting to put the standard blue background as in the ones lfs s use anyone know where to get this??? is it painted??if so i take it wouldnt b safe to paint while tank is full??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebris Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Most lfs tanks are painted, and I wouldn't paint while full! Imo You can buy tank backings which have an image on one side and blue on the other. I have the blue side on my 6x2x2 discus display. Just a poiter though, put either vaseline or a storebought product on the back of the tank to stick the backing on! It stops the backing from pulling "away" and doing the light/dark shite! Hth Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra_Pikey Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Pretty sure most of 'em are painted. As for painting it with the tank full, you could probably get away with it as long as you cut any air pump or the like (so no fumes are pumped into your tank) & I would recommend making extra sure the top is completely covered. But like always, if you want to be 100% sure, just do it the right way & remove everything. Pikey. Steve: Nice tip with the vaseline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebris Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 No probs pikey! There are products on the market that hold for longer than Vaseline but cost heaps more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 matey just paint it, i use a cheap ass acrylic on my tanks, get the mistints nice and cheap at Bunnings, a nice blue watever, paint it on juss be careful of the air pump, and a alittle trick is to use some gladwrap to keep it off anything u dont want painted, later on when u wanna change the colour takes 10 seconds to scrape off awesome glad to help love it, have a gr8 day bub bye for now,,, tooooodles Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
