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Abe 10-13-2011 04:02 AM

Black Eggcrate
 
I am looking to buy black eggcrate, I heard aquarium illusion, HD, and Rona carry it but I search them all and none of them did. Can anyone tell me where I can find some in Edmonton please. Thanks.

e46er 10-13-2011 04:24 AM

Buy white and spray paint it??
White is easy to find I can't recall EVER seeing black (not that I've been looking either)
Lots of people seem to use krylon fusion paint with no ill effects
Just an idea

reef684 10-13-2011 04:46 AM

That is what I am doing, a lot of people spray paint egg-crate.

turkleton 10-13-2011 05:03 AM

You can get it at the Ceiling Centre. They don't usually stock it but they will special order it for you. I think they said it takes about a week to arrive.

lastlight 10-13-2011 05:26 AM

Not in Edmonton but...

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...aquariums.html

Delphinus 10-13-2011 05:43 AM

My $0.02 .. A couple years back I was bent on finding black eggcrate so I called around all the local lighting suppliers and eventually found some, at something like $20 a sheet. Whereas the white at Rona is something like $2 a sheet (maybe not exactly that but you get the idea). A can of Krylon Fusion paint can be found at Canuck Tire for a probably $5-10 and many people have used Krylon Fusion under the waterline without issue. If I ever needed black eggcrate again I'd just make my own.

Abe 10-13-2011 10:41 PM

alright thanks for all the replies, I have white eggcrate already, so I am just going to buy paint and get'er done lol.

riceboy 10-13-2011 10:49 PM

i don't see a point in getting black, sure white looks ugly at first but once it gets covered in coraline it'll be purple in the end :lol: that goes for the black one as well

ElGuappo 10-13-2011 11:27 PM

i have seen the black at totem before.. but not for quite a while... but i do agree with the "its going to end up purple regardless of clolor" statement.

Myka 10-14-2011 12:04 AM

The paint will come off after a year or two in my experience. I buy black eggcrate from Bulk Reef Supply. White eggcrate is $12/sheet here, paying a little extra for black doesn't hurt my feelings.


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