Reef Safe Paint??

[bozack]

OK,

Here is what I am up to. I am in the process of making the durso pipes on my 150 and my wife is giving me a hard time about the bright white pipes everytime she is going to walk by the tank.

Is there any non toxic paint I can use?? Otherwise I am wondering if I can find any place in Austin that carries black acrylic that I can have cut to cover the clear glass portions.

Thoughts or other recommendations??

[bozack]

I think I remember seeing that also.
Trying not to turn this in to a huge project but then again...the wife factor.

[witecap4u]

You could use some background material, and just put it on the side, where the overflow box is at.

[Chris]

I didn't paint the "inside", but I did use a gloss black rustoleum oil-based paint on the back and it came out matching my overflows perfectly.

http://www.cpugh.com/pics/1082.jpg

http://www.cpugh.com/pics/1200.jpg

;)

[prof]

You should be fine with any acrylic, water based paint. I would pick up a marine paint and make sure you give it plenty of time to cure before exposing it to water. Acrylic can stay tacky for weeks if the humidity is high.

Stop by a local paint store (not Home Depot or Lowes) and ask them for recomendations. Shermin Williams hooked me up with a great marine grade acrylic for the inside of my hood. We will see how it hold up.

Dave

[bozack]

I am going to go for the quick and easy first and go WHITECAP'S route.

If that looks cheesy I may try the marine paint, it's the curing process that concerns me for timeframe.

Thanks all

[captexas]

Is she talking about the pipes outside the back of the tank? If so, just use some regular black or blue spray paint to paint the outside of the back glass panel. That way nothing affects the inside of the tank. Some people just buy a piece of black acrylic and put behind the tank. Over time, the glass will be covered in coraline algae anyways and most of the back may be hidden by your live rock if you put enough of it in to begin with.

[Charley]

Why not order a piece of material that attaches to the outside of the tank, and covers the visible area of the overflow box? I have seen them before and they look OK. Kind of like what DAS does on the sides of their tanks.

Charley

[bozack]

Good feedback.

Charley,
I thought about that but I am saving to get one of those custom stands like you have sitting on the showroom. I'll probably get the cover when I go that route

[Charley]

There ya go. :)