Quick Question

[timmystood]

Do YOU attach your aqarium background to the back of your tank with seletape (think that's how it's spelt!) or do you use something else???

Cheers

 

[dwarfgourami]

Yes, but then I'm such a cheapskate that I use black binbags for background.

 

[SamUK]

i got these lil sticky tabs for mine but then i had to coat the whole thing in vegtable oil (or vaseline) to make it so the background showed clearly from the front.


otherwise it was really dark and looked pretty crap.

 

[Chri$]

use sellotape or some other tape, make sure you get a good couple of strips along the top, because water can get down between the poster and the glass and it looks crap and is realy annoying. if you get a good strip along the top any water will run over the sellotape and down the back instead of between the poster and glass.

 

[chrismr]

i got these lil sticky tabs for mine but then i had to coat the whole thing in vegtable oil (or vaseline) to make it so the background showed clearly from the front.

Brilliant! It has always bugged me that only when some parts were a little wet that the blue showed properly... now I kno what to do so it looks right!

Such a simple solution... thanks!

Now just to get my tank far enough away form the wall to get this right...

 

[Inchworm]

I tape mine on by using 3/4" wide Invisible Scotch Tape all the way around it.

I stupidly bought some very attractive (and expensive) background that is solid blue on one side and silver on the other. It looks great, but it's reflective and I have trouble taking pictures of the fish.

The next time I redo my tanks, I think I'll paint the backs instead.