sticking card board to back of tank

[aresgod]

Is there a good way to do this, i am fighting sunlight problems which are causing some algae problems, and i would also like to cover the wires on the back, is there a particular way to do attach cardboard to the tank, silicone, tape... any other suggestions?
Brahm

 

[wayne]

Silicon glue is no good, but good tape is ok. Cheap tape will fall off as it gets wet. Superglue is good

 

[nightrydaz04]

You could use acrylic paint like in the petstores i think this is for new tanks though i wouldn't want to get paint particles in my water.

 

[1979camaro]

i just use tape...duct tape will make it stick forever, but i just use scotch and if it starts to fall off now and again i re-tape...i use black posterboard...two 98 cent sheets will do a 55, hard to beat that price

ive read of people using things like vegetable oil to kind of "glue" it directly to the glass, but i dont like that idea personally...there has been great debate about bugs, smell, etc and i would rather not risk it. people have also used water on lightweight cardboard (like posterboard)

 

[S.Reef]

I personally use scotch because its clear. Duct tape will work for sure.

 

[dbacksrat]

so what about going to a craft store and getting some sort of acrylic paint? i was going to do this for my Q tank, but now the whole posterboard idea just came into the picture

 

[1979camaro]

painting works...obviously the tank has to be empty for that

 

[nightrydaz04]

Thank You Camaro... when I get my NEW 70 Gallon bow front Im going to paint the back and sides with a light blue acyrlic paint. I think it will work GREAT

 

[1979camaro]

just make sure it is the color you want

though, i suppose, you could remove the paint later, might be a pain

 

[keikoasmom]

block out the sun...

I don't like the idea of paint, even acrylic paints have fumes. Anything you can smell (in the air) is already in the water.

How about finding an acrylic store? They often have lots of left over pieces of acrylic sheets in blue or black that they'll cut for free to fit the back. You can glue it on (take it outside, empty tank)
or tape it. I've used that thick clear tape on occasion. Or contact paper, although it can be pretty hard to remove on down the road. Super heavy duty tin foil, or foam sheets from the craft store...

Mini blinds or a shade?

On the other hand you might want to get a dwarf Pleicostomus.

 

[aresgod]

well this is a salt water tank, and the paint would be allowed to dry completely before it was adhered to the tank, most paints cure to hardness within 48-72 hours, some polymer based laquers dry even faster.

 

[S.Reef]

Yeah, aresgod is right. Once its dried it should should be nontoxic.

 

[debrat20048]

Would a regular background work? I didn't think of that before I put a piece of dark blue cloth over teh back of my tank with double sided scotch tape-seems to do the trick.

 

[S.Reef]

Yes that would work.