My DIY background

[smyke]

Hello,

I figured I will brag a little about the background I made for my tank.

I used styrofoam, grout, spray paint and fiber glass resin. I tried to hide the filter outlet and a heater so I built that kind of cheesy looking thing with the plastic screen mesh in the middle.

I am happy with since its my first stab at something like that.

What do you think?

 

[pinkertd]

I think you did a pretty awesome job there Mike!!!! Looks nice!!

 

[smyke]

Thanks debbi. it came out OK for a guy that could barely use a screwdriver not too long ago.
its been setup for about 4 months now and seems to be holding up.

 

[Spewn]

The part with the screen in front of it actually looks great IMO. The screen seems hard enough to see, it really just looks like a dark crevice. Good job!

 

[abcdefghi]

Thats really cool looking, and don't worry about the filter/heater hiding part as Spewn already pointed out it just looks like a deep crevice and takes nothing away from the background itself.

Makes my plain stick on background look somewhat dull!!

 

[smyke]

Thanks, i appreciate it.
I could have tried and made it a little bit more natural looking as opposed to that "S" shape, but I do like it better than just a plain black or blue background.

 

[FtwayneFish]

looks great. HUGE pic too lol.

 

[smyke]

I didnt realize it until it was too late to edit. sorry.

 

[krytan]

Looks good, very unique.