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[Tommy Gunnz]

Hey everyone. Got a question for anyone who may be able to help me get my tank's background paper to look better than it does now.

I recently decided that I was not getting a good look at my fish and 'landscape' in the tank because the wall behind my fish tank is basically camoflaging them. So I went out and got a background, well actually it has been two or three. The effect has been great and the tank looks a lot brighter and better, but every time I apply one of these backgrounds, I get a 'splotchy'effect where some of the picture on the background is dark and some spots are really bright and easy to see.

I went out again today and got a new background which I decided to tape onto the glass using double sided tape. The tank again looks good, but I have the same spots of light and dark, especially where the tape is. So I am thinking that the background looks better when it is pressed tighter against the glass, but how can I get it all to be like that? In fact, I really dont care if it is brighter or darker really, I just want it all to look the same all the way around since this is a major attraction in my living room right now. I guess that I cannot post a picture to this forum but I hope that you can get the jist of my problem from this description.

Thanks a lot for any help you may be able to give me!

 

[soritan]

I brushed my background with mineral oil and then applied it to the backside of my tank, and with a plastic, flat edge (for me, it was a mini rice paddle), I smoothed out the bubbles. I didn't get all of them, because I couldn't reach, but it created a very nice, clear, tight seal that kept the background rather bright. Others used vegetable oil or water, but vegetable oil has the possibility of actually rotting, and water of course evaporates. I think someone else even used vaseline...