painting the bank of my tank..?

[pyro]

Hello BRS. Im just curious if/whats the significance to painting the backof my tank (if any), and what color would be most advised? I have a regular 10 gallon with x2 24W T5HO. I plan on restocking with corals soon (had a real bad crash where EVERYTHING failed) and im curious if it would be smart to spray on a brighter color paint to help reflect light. Maybe something like an aqua blue or a similar color?

 

[Owen386]

Just Aesthetics. Makes whatever is in the foreground pop from the painted background opposed to having glass. Though if you don`t scrape the back of your glass its just gonna get covered with coraline any ways in due time. Mines painted blue I used Krylon fusion spray paint

 

[Owen386]

Just read post a little more. If in saying "EVERYTHING failed) and im curious if it would be smart to spray on a brighter color paint to help reflect light" you think your crash had anything to do with your light, that is not the case. That is plenty of light

 

[RiverRat]

If you have any wires or anything running down the back of your tank it hides them. The back of my tank is black, but I think blue would look better.

 

[uf_gators]

I will not have another tank with a non black out back . Makes all the wires disappear , and to boot gives depth of your reef. As for if you can do this. I rolled this latex black on before I put my tank together 6 coats , I picked this idea up from a fellow reefer on RC , but I love it. Here is the paint I used and here is what it gives you vs non painted back.

 

[uf_gators]

Of corse that way the old 20 gal about 2 years ago. Lol

 

[Dfrontiero89]

I would say paint it black. I had a blue background now it's black and I like it better. Although it doesn't matter anymore because my background is now purple/coralline algae from top to bottom haha