The Miracle Tank

[sfin52]

@fishguy242 just passed here about an hour ago. Still raining hard

 

[fishguy242]

yep can see missing me to north ,i have stars n lighting to north,looks like maybe no rain here at all ..happy ..happy .

 

[Katrina71]

Do y'all agree the overflow section should be left unfrosted?

 

[NY_Caveman]

Do y'all agree the overflow section should be left unfrosted?

I would not mess with the tank acrylic. Just on the glass.

 

[Katrina71]

I would not mess with the tank acrylic. Just on the glass.

The whole back is glass. I just want to be able to see into the overflow area.

 

[NY_Caveman]

The whole back is glass. I just want to be able to see into the overflow area.

Ahh. I understand now. Agreed.

 

[JoshH]

The whole back is glass. I just want to be able to see into the overflow area.

Tough choice, on the one hand it's very handy to be able to see into the overflow, on the other hand if you're lighting the back of the frosted glass, the lights might cause all kinds of nasty growth back there...

Maybe end the frosted film on either side of the overflow and do a black vinyl strip to cover the overflow with a tab cut into it so you can remove it when needed?

 

[Katrina71]

What do y'all think about an iridescent/frosted bubble design?

 

[Katrina71]

No opinions?

 

[Erin O]

No opinions?

I'm trying to picture it, but I'm having a hard time. Do you have a link to an example?

 

[Why-Me]

Iridescent frosted would be pretty

 

[NS Mike D]

"Good Morning my Little Ones!"



Is what I say to my new house mates .

Like Kobe beef, best to pamper them before sending them off to slaughter

 

[Fin]

Do y'all agree the overflow section should be left unfrosted?

If you mean from behind so you can see in it - definitely. You will one day want to look in there. I left both of mine unpainted from behind on the 140.

 

[Fin]

What do y'all think about an iridescent/frosted bubble design?

I am having a difficult time visualizing the whole lighted background scheme. I am a straightforward black or blue guy. Obviously you have given this a lot of thought and I trust your judgment. I just don't think I will be much help in this department. I am in learning mode territory about all of this. Josh is also right about keeping the light out of the overflow, so I would say whatever cover in that area be removable, somehow.

 

[sfin52]

I've never painted or frosted glass no, Im not going to be much help.

 

[NS Mike D]

No opinions?

I am a fan of blending the overflow with the background as much as possible and no way do I want to see inside the overflow while normal viewing of the tank. I recall this is a peninsula? If so, that's going to make it hard to inspect the inside from the back, but a top down view with a flashlight with the flow off would do.

If you were doing anything to the back glass, I would carry that over to the over flow (ie, being able to see inside the overflow from the back). If not, then I think frosting would let light in and agree with the others about being problematic, but that would mean getting a scraper that would fit and add cleaning the inside to you maintenance, I do think aside from matching the background the frosted would look nice

 

[NS Mike D]

I would on the other hand, send the guys from Tanked a picture of your family and have them etch that on your overflow.

 

[Fin]

This is the way I did the back of my 140. Of course, I can walk behind the tank, so it was very helpful - especially for seeing jumpers that ended up in the overflow.

 

[Fin]

BTW, remember these pics are 14 years old.

 

[dieselkeeper]

I cut out a cover out of piece of acrylic. Never had a problem with jumpers in my over flow.