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Posted 1/8/2007 6:56:16 AM
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Nice tank WeeV...the decoration is minimalist, but has a very good sense of balance. It's pleasing to the eye. I think it would look even better if you put a solid colored background on the tank (black or blue maybe...I'm a big fan of black). Nice tank though.

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Posted 1/8/2007 10:20:44 AM
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Thanx Hailey,

I completely agree with the black background but can't find any!!

The only ones i can source here are imitation of rocks or plants.

Anyone any ideas of where i can source or a DIY method?

Vic

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Posted 1/8/2007 10:27:21 AM
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I simply paint the backs of my tanks black with non-toxic acrylic paint. On one tank I didn't want to paint because I was planning to sell it I used a large piece of black paper and it looked fine.

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Posted 1/8/2007 11:31:04 AM
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Yeah thats a great idea...

Think I'll just paint the back of it.  Thanx Hailey []

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Posted 1/8/2007 1:55:49 PM


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1 37-2 female convicts, Stella and Dora

38 gallon-8 skirted tetras, 3 yo-yo loaches, 3 pristella tetras, 1 clown pleco

55 gallon- 1 gourami, 2 glass catfish, 3 peppered corie2, 3 emerald cories, 3 panda cories, 6 zebra danios, 4 bleeding heart tetras, 3 serpae tetras, 9 neons, and a snowball pleco.

(I know I need to even some schools out, however, waiting for a lfs to carry needed fish!!!!)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g71/smillermom/my%20tanks/000_0527.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g71/smillermom/my%20tanks/000_0513.jpg

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1 chug-chihuahua and pug
1 dachshund mix
1 chesapeake bay retriever

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Posted 1/8/2007 5:00:58 PM


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Wee V-

Do you have two female bettas and a male betta in your tank?

10-gallon: Empty
20-gallon tall: Empty

29-gallon South American, 80 watts: 1 Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish, 6 Glowlight Tetras, 1 Ember Tetra, 1 Rummynose Tetra, Wild Apistogramma cacatuoides - Plants: Echinodorus amazonicus, Mayaca fluviatilis, Vallisneria, Alternanthera reineckii, Microsorum pteropus, Rotala indica, Echinodorus parviflorus

90-gallon: 1 Common Goldfish, 1 Sarasa Common Goldfish

Click WWW under my posts to get to my site (tank pictures there!)
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Posted 1/8/2007 6:40:47 PM


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here is 2 bad shots of my ten gallon and one of my 5.

10 gallon 8 white clouds

forget the 20 long ! now 65 gallon 4 angels 2 gold greman blue rams 10 rummy nose tetras and 6 pepperd cory.

5 gallon quarantine now temp home of gold gbr

I AM EXPANDING BY  don't know.

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Posted 1/9/2007 5:28:41 AM


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Hi Weevee,

My pic of my 58 gallon shows a dark background and I'm not entirely positive (it came this way and I just left it) but I believe it's nothing more than window tint.  This worked better than I thought it would look, so I just left it.  But you can also check out some stores to see if you can get a black background.  My husband's 75 gallon has one.

If your lfs don't carry them here's a site you can order from that has a few options.

http://www.thatpetplace.com/Products/KW/F05@X/PgNo/1/Class/Aquarium+Backgrounds/Shopay00.aspx

Good Luck!

Tamara

Oh, and nice tank!

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Posted 1/9/2007 9:30:39 AM
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