how to hide my overflow?

I'd just let the coriline algea grow and it will hide the overflow a bit slow bit it will be a natural look once it has grown in. I've been scraping coriline off the back wall for about a month now It has been growing there better than anywhere else since I'v been dosing with purple up. My rocks have been growing coriline prity good but the new sea urchin eats a bit of it along with the algea roots it's taking out of the tank. Urchins very good algea eaters.

Bill

[ponokareefer]

You could find some green star polyps and put them against the glass there, and hopefully they will spread over the entire area. I know they usually spread like weeds for most people.

[jimbo222]

hmm all great ideas. thanks.
not sure what to do but will try to post my solution when i figure it out.

[lastlight]

I wanted to be able to scrape my back wall with a razorblade so I ruled out a piece of acrylic. What I ended up doing was painting the inside of my overflow with black paint (same as back of tank) and then I siliconed a new piece of glass OVER the painted area so water would not contact it.

The overflow area still looked like a slightly different black than the rest of the tank but it worked well.

[fishytime]

More rock?

[jimbo222]

Originally Posted by fishytime

More rock?

i was considering more rock with the big Red Coral sale
but was trying to avoid a mini cycle.

[mark]

my overflows are covered on the outside with ~1/8" black acrylic sheets now being covered with corilline, GSP, mushrooms, zoa and got some monti cap to attached.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by jimbo222

i was considering more rock with the big Red Coral sale
but was trying to avoid a mini cycle.

I routinely add up to a few pounds of LR to my system at a time....you could always pick up what you need and store it in a rubbermaid with a heater and a powerhead and add it slowly over time?