Paint

I want to paint the back of my new tank is there a special kind of paint or can I use anything

i used a can of flat black latex paint and rolled it on to the back it will take a couple coats to make it not streaky. i used latex because it is easy to get off if ever i want to take it off

Spray paint is your best option, it's cheap, easy and doesn't leave streaks.

thats what I will get then thanks

If your painting a tank with livestock, I think painting with a latex paint and a roller would be much easier. When setting up my tank I used spray cans and I think if I ever do another tank I'll go the paint and roller route.

no live stock in it, it's a new tank that I'm switching over to in a couple of months moving from my 55 gal to a 90 gal if I used a roller would I use the foam ones so the back wont get bumpy
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just get a smooth mini roller it came out really well for me the back looks a little bumpy on the out side of the tank but you can not see it on the inside of the tank.

Hi I know I'm new here but I read a article in TropicalFish the may issue. Its on page 52 Titled "You may not want to paint the back of your tank". The article does a study on the light reflected off the back of the tank comparing painted and tape on backing. According to the author James Fathere a non painted tank is 30% brighter due to the reflection off of the back glass. He recommends using a tape on backing or painting the back wall behind the tank. Just thought you would want to know it seems to be a pretty good study on the subject. Might want to look it up before going foward. I tried to get a link to the article but im not that good at that stuff saw its listed on the website www.tfhmagizine.com in the article archive but couldnt open it

I'll have to check into that thanks

hmm that's interesting