Coraline scraping

[Troubleman]

after seeing other before and after shots of back glass scraped, I played around with photoshop and repainted my background black again. What a difference, so on that note, I have been scraping it off a little at a time, so as not to stress corals, fish, etc.....almost done and it is amazing how much everything stands out now.....when I finish I will post some pics.

Will the coraline that I could not suck out in the process be a problem......some has settled where I cannot get to it?

bob

 

[steevareno]

i doubt it would be a problem, i scraped my whole tank about a month ago and it looked a heck of alot better. Especially with a black background to accentuate the colors of the corals!

 

[jebar777]

why would you need to get the scraped coraline out?

 

[Troubleman]

trying to keep sand bed clean and white, not possible with coraline pieces everywhere.......

 

[jebar777]

lol i see your point... would it be a good idea to take all the scrapings and add them to the rocks you have in the tank in the basement as seed?

 

[Troubleman]

hey thanks, never thought of that.....will do it with the rest, little area left to do

 

[jebar777]

no work today? your on late

 

[Troubleman]

finally got a day off..... 12, 16 hour days in two weeks.......

 

[jebar777]

i would be like the walking dead at this point..... your a trooper

 

[Troubleman]

Here's the before:

 

[Troubleman]

And the after, along with some minor re-aquascaping:

 

[Armando]

my tank before//after:

 

[mloebl]

my tank before//after:

Great effect on these... It's interesting because to me, the darker spot in the center (not sure if it's the shadow by the tank divider or not) actually makes it look like it has some nice depth to it into the distance.

-Mike

 

[meemoo]

Wow bob what a difference. Looks great!

 

[smcnally]

Armando, you can barely see the purple coral in the top left of the "before" picture. I started scraping mine about a month ago too. It's funny how these trends come and go isn't it?

 

[Jim Tansey]

I'm a longtime scraper.

Jim

 

[Troubleman]

Wow.....looks good with the blue background, everything 'pops' with color.

 

[MarkO]

Definitely makes everything stand out more..... but I guess I'm in the minority... I prefer the natural "lived in" look. Hmmm, but then again it may be the laziness factor.