Who sells solid black backgrounds?

[bronck83]

Anyone knows who sells solid black backgrounds? Everything I find has designs. Preferably local(SA Area).

Also, do you just tape this stuff on or is there a better way? Friend of mine said something about using mineral oil....?

[aquasport24]

Petsmart has it. You can use soap&water also with a plastic sqeezer.Some people here was using limonsine tint too. (from Autozone)

[bronck83]

Petsmart has it. You can use soap&water also with a plastic sqeezer.Some people here was using limonsine tint too. (from Autozone)

Limo tint won't work since there will be a window right behind the aquarium. Anyone ever used vinyl like they use for vinyl graphics on windows, cars, etc? Goes on just like window tint I think, but its completely solid & not as glossy.

[crabman]

i used to use black giftwrapping paper! it looked nice too, couldn't even tell, i lucked out because the dimensions of the wrapping paper fit my width perfectly, i just needed to cut the height! but if you have a large tank you might luck out with the height and neet to cut the width. i don't use it anymore though because now i have a mirror background.

[LoneStar]

Krylon!

[Joshua]

Latex paint works well.

[Texreefer]

have a piece of black acrylic cut to fit the back

[captexas]

Just have to shop around. Usually the film has black on one side and blue on the other. Petsmart and I think Alamo Aquatics has it, not sure who else. When I used it on small tanks I usually just taped it on. If your tank isn't set up yet, painting works really good too. As Lonestar mentioned, try the Krylon spray paints.

[ErikH]

CLEAN THE GLASS BEFORE YOU PAINT. :) oh, and BEER AND PAINTING DON'T ALWAYS MIX WELL.

Don't ask how I know.

[clamgal]

alamo aquatics has some. that's where I got mine.

[vyvial]

black contact paper

[fjr_wertheimber]

CLEAN THE GLASS BEFORE YOU PAINT. :) oh, and BEER AND PAINTING DON'T ALWAYS MIX WELL.

Ummm... +1. Doh.

[tropicana]

Do you have any frags or anything colorful to trade.... I have a large partial roll, it cost me like $40 for the roll. You can cut to the length, but the Height is I think 24" tall. I can get you a peice of the size you need for a trade or small fee. Its blue on one side, and Black on the other. You can squeegie it on with water or tape it on all the way around like I did, which I think is better because the water cant get behind it peeling it off... Let me know...

[bronck83]

Since my tank isn't setup yet I think I'm gonna go the spray paint route. Does it matter if I paint the inside or outside? I was planning on painting the outside.

Also, in case I get any overspray, does the Krylon scrape off easily with a razor blade?

[mattymalcolm]

Aquadome sells the best kind you use soap and it attaches I use it on all my tanks it in expensive and works good. I think its way better than anything else. I would buy it and ship it to you at your expense.

[mattymalcolm]

I would not paint the inside. My opinion>

[LoneStar]

Just spray the outside. A razor blade will work great on cleaning overspray on the glass. Just mask off the trim and side panes really good so you get good clean lines and no overspray. I used a metallic blue spray paint....looked pretty good.

[captexas]

I've always used black, but I think for the next time I will try a blue color or maybe a couple different colors to break up the solid background.

[Chris]

A layer of black latex paint works really well. It would take a little longer to dry than spray paint, but comes out looking very nice.

[KyleV]

I second chris. I've tried it all and the latex black paint from home deopt (Rustolium I think) is the best.

[bronck83]

I ended up spraying it. Don't recall the brand I used, but I did flat black(I hate glossy).