Darn background!

[TriggerHappy]

I will definetly remember this mistake for the next time I set up my tank. I waited til the tank was filled and was immovable before deciding I was gonna put a blue background on it. Well I got about 1 inch of space to try and put it on with...not an easy task, with all the air bubbles....ugh!! Any ideas out there??

[reefrunner69]

How are you trying to afix it to the tank? Vasaline? If so, try to find a small extendable squeegee

[BillyZ]

[qoute]Vasaline[/quote]was this serious? I've always just hung them on the back of the tank with tape... :|

as a side note.. trigger happy.... you may find only 1" of space to be quite limitting for other things such as wiring for lights, plumbing sumps/fuges/filters etc... how far along is your tank?

[alrmc4]

mount the background to a piece of 1/8 in plywood cut to correct h and w fo fit between the molding strips duct tape the board with background to tank...just a thought.

[reefrunner69]

Yes I was serious, some people swear by it, I personally have never tried it, but figured with the air bubbles comment it was something like that.

[TriggerHappy]

I was just using water and squeejeeing (is that a word ) the air with a cd case. Actually I may have about 1 1/2 or 2 inches cause I have the filter on the back. I did not think of using vaseline. Ill give it a try tonite...hmmm.

[mfreem]

another good way to attach background is use a liquid floor wax. It drys clear and is easy to remove from glass. I use it with colored trash bags....if you leave some air pockets in the bags it adds a nice look to the background and when you get tired of it buy a different color bag!! HTH

[TriggerHappy]

...or i could just wait for the algae to grow on the back, and have a natural background ...but that could take awhile... thanks guys.

[XXFirefighter]

In my FW tanks I liked to use aluminum foil ! Makes great patterns and you can mold it to look like caves and ledges too...

[roblikesfish]

Foil ? Wow

[myJUMBOshrimp]

Yeah, foil looks nice, I used the greenish foil a few years back. Now I use corona boxes (the tank is in my bar). But i have so much algae the background cant be seen.

[fishsticks7]

i was thinking about doing a background and then i had already put the filter on and all the cords were out the back i was like forget it lol

[TriggerHappy]

the vaseline trick worked a little better, but it still bubbles up after awhile, im gonna have to wait til after I move to fix the bg for good

[angelstiger]

Florists have foil in all colors of the rainbow. But me, I just paint the backs with acrylic paint a couple of days before I set it up.

[jasonit]

Be careful using water to affix the background. I did, and we have really hard water. When I took the background off, the back of my tank was covered with calcium deposits that I cannot remove. So I bought tinted plexiglass and cut it to fit inside the tank. It makes a great looking background. One word of warning - Never cut that little plastic strip that crosses the top of your tank from the front to the back in the middle. Not good.

[biotoxin]

i hope he realizes the background doesnt go IN the tank

[TriggerHappy]

tinted plexiglass sounds like a good idea, but where do you get that from? How about using just tint itself, dark tint, i guess that's an idea