Black Background

[snyderju]

Ideally I'd like to have the tank painted but seeing as how it is already set up and I don't have a large enough area to paint the thing I made a black background out of some fabric from wally world. I took 2 pieces of fabric and sewed them together with a hem (yep I can sew... barely) and then attached some sticky back velcro to the tank and to the background. This allows me to take it off to clean the back of the tank or wash the background and put it up again easily.

 

[snyderju]

Sorry about the micro bubbles my hand was in and out of the tank removing equipment so it threw the skimmer off for awhile.

 

[Smitty]

Good job.

 

[chichimom79]

Fabric!!! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for sharing. I am using your idea :D

 

[snyderju]

Fabric!!! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for sharing. I am using your idea :D

Lol you are welcome and go for it. I hate the over priced shiny black paper ones you can buy at pet stores. For my 29 I just got 1 square yard of the most durable fabric I could find that was black. I doubled it up and sewed them together to assure nothing would show through. It wasnt too hard to do either just to FOREVER to sew by hand. You should post some pics of yours :)

 

[jr7168]

always ...AC/DC back in black. i just painted my tank black today also. how cool.

 

[snyderju]

They look much nicer that way imo.

 

[chichimom79]

It wasnt too hard to do either just to FOREVER to sew by hand. You should post some pics of yours :)

I will have my mother make short work of it on her sewing machine. And I will post pics :) My tank showcase is here...https://www.livingreefs.com/chichimom79s-10-gallon-t39639.html