Tank backgrounds

How do you get the backgrounds ro stick? Mine keeps bubbling up and peeling off. Use oil to stick it on but it never stays
 
I like black but I also like this one on SunnyX's tank. It's a gradient color.

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One of my favorite!
Trying to do something similar.
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Sorry i can't edit whith taptalk here... One more pic of my background tank
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Sorry I meant shadow box. It's basically an acrylic box with a light to create depth in the tank. Some put things in there to create shadows as well. End result is something like this.
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Joseg that's a beautiful background but could you tell us what we're looking at and how you did it?

My background is a vinyl background, i bought it in online shop. Sorry if this post is a DIY background theme, my english is not good...[emoji51]
 
Joseg, It's still a very nice background. I gave up on the vinyl many, many years ago because I just couldn't keep it tight to the tank and the ones available back then just didn't look that good. Even though it's vinyl it's still a DIY project. The nicest thing about seeing how others did their tanks gives use ideas to go by as we do our own tanks so the more examples the better for all of us.
 
Ok, sorry, sorry... If any administrator can delete my messages i give him thanks.
 
I have vinyl too and it wont stick. Has anybody ever tried putting the background on the inside of the tank rather than the outside?
 
I use scotch tape on the edges. I have never used a vinyl one though.
 
I like the black background. Have a peninsula 20 gal and blacked out the small side with the overflow. I used Rustoleum multi surface and it worked great. Just be careful when you use it, it's hard to get off anything once it's on there. Though with glass just use a razor blade to clean up corners and such.

I have also used the store bought backgrounds and find for a long term setup they don't make much sense to me. Although they now have adhesives for the express intention of permamnetly affixing them to the back of the glass. This prevents salt creep and also eliminates light refraction as paint also does.
 
I just use acrylic paint. I put it on with a foam roller so it dosnt streak. It comes off easily as well just a utility knife
 
Like others said, algae stands out and looks bad on blue backgrounds, and IMO the ,lighter blues especially, can compete with coral and draw the eye away. Black is neutral as a background in that sense, and if anything helps define the colors of corals in the foreground. Most importantly, black adds a sense of depth to a tank and subconsciously makes the viewer feel like the it's bigger than it really is. Using no background at all is completely hit or miss, and depends on so many different factors, but generally, if the tank is up against a wall and without hiding wires really well and a unique aquascape designed for no background in mind, it just looks like an unfinished tank to me. I really can't think of any advantages of having no background, while there are many to having a black.
 
I used a color shift paint to get a bit of a shimmer, with a med-dark blue on my current. I wanted to use blue as opposed to black just on preference. On my upgrade plan to use the same color shift with blue with gradient. Appears just like when you are diving. After the coralline takes over, it really doesn't matter.

There are plenty of dive pics you can look at, the background is always blue, unless at night. Here is a link to a gradient example from a shallow reef.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...5bnpBP2JaMc-ylj9JB1HLbfQ&ust=1400954289952952
 

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