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01-01-2008, 12:55 PM
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| | Great Blue Whale
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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|  Painting the back of a Tank??????
This might be a stupid question.. But can I paint the back of my tank while it's full. I mean I can cover the top from overspray, but is there anything else I should do or not do??? Or should I not do it at all?????? | 
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01-01-2008, 01:37 PM
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| | Tassled File Fish
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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I dont see why not. Just cover the top of your tank while spraying _________  | |
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01-01-2008, 01:39 PM
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| | Longfin Fairy Wrasse
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 44
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definitely cover it and unplug all skimmers or anything that is HOB, I'd take off. I really wouldn't spray it with occupants in it. I painted mine with a brush. Anyone else ever painted it with occupants? _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
R.I.P. Big Blue 12/02-10/22//07
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01-01-2008, 01:41 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
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Hey! In principle you could pain it! However!!! TURN OFF THE SKIMMER!!! _________ 75gal. Rio240 JEWEL aquarium
4x54W T5 (actinic blue+white)
Deltec MC 500 internal skimmer
Eheim 2227 Fitler Wet/Dry
Eheim 2213 Filter (100gph/PhosGuard/DeNitrate)
JEWEL Internal Filter (250gph/EhfiSubstrat Pro 2gal)
2 lovely Amphiprion ocelaris
1 young Gobiodon okinawae
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01-01-2008, 01:48 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Make sure there is nothing on that consumes air in the tank, skimmer, pump..etc. Just turn every thing off except maybe some ph's that are running. When you are ready to paint I would seal the top of the tank with plastic so no air can get in then paint. Use a fan to blow the fumes away and then unconver the tank. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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01-01-2008, 02:56 PM
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| | Great Blue Whale
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Very much appreciated.. I found a cheesy reef background from a old 10 gallon tank I have. Just doesn't look as good as the real thing..... | |
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01-01-2008, 03:09 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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i used a roller and black black latex rustoleum.i figured it was the least toxic and i can scrape it back off later if i need to.it harmed nothing in my reef but it was summer and i opened all the doors an windows just in case.
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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01-01-2008, 03:42 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Better than painting and risking your fish or your cabinet get you some limo tint from wal-mart or your local car tint shop its easy to install and really looks good _________ 160 gallon
2-1740 turbo sea pumps
euro reef skimmer
preformance marine sump
3-250 watt MHs
2-96 watt true acs
2-65watt true acs
RO DI water system  Dreams do come true | |
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01-01-2008, 04:30 PM
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| | Great Blue Whale
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Ahhh!! Great suggestion..... Thanks darrell!!!!! | |
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03-02-2008, 05:13 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2008
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| sure you can paint
cover the tank..
use a brush.. apply at least 2 light coats and let them dry in between.. i used rustoleum ..
to check for light leaks , just use a high beam flashlight | |
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