For my next tank I am going with a clear background. I’m actually setting up a peninsula against a wall so later in my life I can have th options of setting it as a room divider. For the time that it will be against a wall I am thinking about painting the wall a color to contrast with the reef tank in front (it will only be an inch or two away from the wall). Any suggestions on what color I should paint the drywall? For obvious reasons I don’t want black walls, blue is also a bit too much when you consider painting a whole wall LFS blue. The wall is going to be a feature wall in my home so I can have a bit of fun with it. Please any suggestions. Right now the wall is oyster color which is sort of a Beige - looks okay as a background but I want to repaint the wall before I place the tank since the wall had gotten a bit dirty.
Clear background - painting wall behind tank
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Streetdoc77
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Have you thought about a mural of some kind ?
https://www.happywall.com/wall-mura...MIt9fYz6zL2gIVTrnACh09WwohEAQYAyABEgLOvvD_BwE
https://www.happywall.com/wall-mura...MIt9fYz6zL2gIVTrnACh09WwohEAQYAyABEgLOvvD_BwE
Streetdoc77
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I imagine you could find them in vinyl , peel and stick when done pull off .
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I saw a tank where the guy made a frame with a solid surface which he painted with subtle rock structures and open water. He mounted it to the back side of the tank. It was amazing, the tank looked 20' deep. I'll see if I can find a pic but if I ever build my dream tank that's what I'm going to do.
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The guy calls it shadowbox. The blue background is just a solid color but the box itself is lit which gives the illusion of darker blue on the bottom. He used tinted acrylic on the face of the frame to give that blurred effect of the rockwork behind.
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I took an old big screen TV and ripped the diffuser screen out of it. When I put it behind my tank it makes it look more like a slight great darkening of the water going off into the depths. Flashes don't reflect off it during photography, so it really makes the subject pop with a dark background. I took the Fresnel lens from the TV and made a solar screen to focus the heat. I can melt coins in a few seconds and start fires pretty much instantly.
