I just bought a tank, and failed to realize the back of it is a mirror. Can I paint over that black so it doesn’t stress out the fish? Or can I somehow build a rock wall?
-Mikey’s gf
-Mikey’s gf
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Can we get a photo?I just bought a tank, and failed to realize the back of it is a mirror. Can I paint over that black so it doesn’t stress out the fish? Or can I somehow build a rock wall?
-Mikey’s gf
This, a piece of colored acrylic.I don't think there are many reef-safe paints. Maybe take a flat piece of acrylic or starboard plastic and silicone it to the back.
Can we get a photo?
Where do I get that? And how the heck do I do that?This, a piece of colored acrylic.
I don’t have to cover it and I honestly prefer not to, but I don’t want to stress the fish out, they see themselves with a reflection in their current tank and don’t get upset but I don’t want to transfer them to it and have them freak outIf you absolutely must cover it, I am going to go with the acrylic idea. Frankly, in a few months the back glass will be covered with algae anyway so its kind of a "why bother"
I also saw that krylon fusion seems to be reef safe, should I use that? Or should I just leave it as is and let the algae do it’s thing?I don’t have to cover it and I honestly prefer not to, but I don’t want to stress the fish out, they see themselves with a reflection in their current tank and don’t get upset but I don’t want to transfer them to it and have them freak out
I don’t have to cover it and I honestly prefer not to, but I don’t want to stress the fish out, they see themselves with a reflection in their current tank and don’t get upset but I don’t want to transfer them to it and have them freak out
Also my opinion.If you absolutely must cover it, I am going to go with the acrylic idea. Frankly, in a few months the back glass will be covered with algae anyway so its kind of a "why bother"
krylon fusion is to paint the outside glass, I would not use it inside the tank.I also saw that krylon fusion seems to be reef safe, should I use that? Or should I just leave it as is and let the algae do it’s thing?
Suggest using plastic. I use cheap boot trays to make things like that. A modeling store that sell styrene would be another idea. Would not paintI just bought a tank, and failed to realize the back of it is a mirror. Can I paint over that black so it doesn’t stress out the fish? Or can I somehow build a rock wall?
-Mikey’s gf
I think they meant to say " back" of tankCan you take a better photo? Confused as to what or where the mirror is?
That’s what I was scared of so I didn’t know if I should cover it. Currently I just have a pair of clowns in my other tank.Am I the only one worried he's gonna get stress issues from fish trying to attack their reflections?
It’s hard to tell in pictures, but the back wall of the tank instead of being glass is a mirror. When you look at the tank, you can see your reflectionCan you take a better photo? Confused as to what or where the mirror is?