Diy acrylic aquarium: does the color of the bottom panel really matter?

[Treehrtsme]

I always thought it wouldn't make a difference unless you were doing bare bottom, but after seeing eshop's recent release of nano tanks and the effect that the florescent orange bottom has on the tank I'm beginning to wonder if it would have the same effect on a bigger scale. Like if I were to build a 40 or 50 with a fluorescent orange bottom? Has anyone had experience with this?

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

The only thing thatattera is if it is cast or extruded acrylic. Extruded will absorb water and eventually cloud and possibly seep water.

Use cast acrylic only.

 

[Treehrtsme]

Naturally I understand that but idk if you've ever seen a deskmate in person and the effect the bottom has on it

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Naturally I understand that but idk if you've ever seen a deskmate in person and the effect the bottom has on it

No effect.

 

[firechild]

I haven't seen the aquarium you're referring to but given the way light bounces around I would imagine that it would be possible to see a hue of the base colour through other parts of the aquarium, perhaps just from particular angles. White or blue might not be particularly noticeable but orange or red might be.

 

[Someshmuk]

One of the reefers in the facebook groups I'm in had a normal tank and outlined the bottom rim with orange. Looks real clean and really adds to the asthetic.

 

[Someshmuk]

One of the reefers in the facebook groups I'm in had a normal tank and outlined the bottom rim with orange. Looks real clean and really adds to the asthetic.

Looking at it closer... It might be an eshopps nano acrylic tank actually!

 

[Treehrtsme]

That's the look I'm curious about

 

[ReefRacer]

I have an Eshopps Deskmate and the orange bottom is quite pleasing in my opinion. I was skeptical about it at first and thought it looked like a tank that should be holding those glow-in-the-dark guppies, but it's grown on me. I have mine on a white desk so the glowing orange is nice. It's more of a translucent orange as well, not an opaque orange that won't let light penetrate.

 

[Treehrtsme]

I have an Eshopps Deskmate and the orange bottom is quite pleasing in my opinion. I was skeptical about it at first and thought it looked like a tank that should be holding those glow-in-the-dark guppies, but it's grown on me. I have mine on a white desk so the glowing orange is nice. It's more of a translucent orange as well, not an opaque orange that won't let light penetrate.

Now are the panels late in the traditional manner or do the clear side panels go around the bottom edge?

 

[ReefRacer]

Now are the panels late in the traditional manner or do the clear side panels go around the bottom edge?

The orange acrylic is the bottom and then the sides are bonded to the top of it.