Best way to color the back wall of a tank

duncangweller · #1 02-14-2019, 05:03 AM

Krylon fusion many times. Works great and you can scrape it off if needed easily.

Plastic dip would be excellent too. Would peel off really easily if you needed it off, although you generally don't.

Frogger · #2 02-14-2019, 05:18 AM

I cover my back glass with coraline algae. I would be concerned about a spray on product inside the tank in case it chips in time.

DKoKoMan · #3 02-14-2019, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Frogger

I cover my back glass with coraline algae. I would be concerned about a spray on product inside the tank in case it chips in time.

I have been trying to do this for some time, however my urchin likes to eat it off the back wall lol.

smokinreefer · #4 02-15-2019, 04:24 AM

I plastidipped the back of my previous tank.
I ran it for about 4+ years and it held up fine.

If I recall I pretty much used most of a can on the back of a standard 65. So that's about 6 sf. So I guess you could decently cover 8sf or maybe even 10sf with one can.

If I had purchased a tank that didn't have an option of having the back colored in some way, then I would do the plastidip method again.