cleaning and painting a new tank

[Roan Art]

i just used a background....

is there any advantage to paint?

Most think it looks better. I used to use a background and I tried OceanVisions and a few other things. IME you can't beat paint.

Black backs tend to give a tank more depth and more fish look brighter against a black back.

I'd post a before and after of my 36g, but the shot I have with my black back has a lot of glare from the windows and it doesn't look good.

Roan

 

[RockabillyChick]

not to steal your topic, but is it possible to paint a tank that's already filled? what if i covered the entier tank with plastic garbage bags and taped it down real good? i want to paint the backs of both my tanks, but they've already got fishies in them and i don't want to empty the tanks and dissasemble them and everything. neither of them are against walls, so getting behind them to paint isn't an issue, and if i used a roller instead of spray paint, i wouldn't have to worry about the paint spraying all over the place.

does that sound doable?

 

[Roan Art]

Bah, don't even cover them. I painted my 36g and three others while I was doing water changes and had the filters off for cleaning.

Just be careful and use a roller. If you use a hair dryer don't heat it too much, just dry the paint between coats, don't try to cure the paint with heat.

It'll look fine

Roan