Aquarium Scenery Paper

[Samuel G. Kramer]

Yet another newbie question from me.

My tank is two months old and going pretty good. I've decided to try
out scenery paper behind the tank to hide the power cables and stuff.

There were two ladies working the fish department where I bought the
scenery paper, and they each gave me very different ways to attach it
to my tank. One way sounds wrong, the other way sounds ridiculus.

The first woman said static electricity would hold it to the tank. I
was accepting that until she told me the paper went inside the tank,
in the water, and tucked under the gravel. She said there was no
static electricity outside the tank and that I would have to use tape
that way.

The second woman said to put the paper on the outside of the tank, but
only after spreading a thin film of vasoline on the glass to make it
stick. I can't believe that.

Any ideas?


Sam

[Gill Passman]

"Samuel G. Kramer" > wrote in message
...
> Yet another newbie question from me.
>
> My tank is two months old and going pretty good. I've decided to try
> out scenery paper behind the tank to hide the power cables and stuff.
>
> There were two ladies working the fish department where I bought the
> scenery paper, and they each gave me very different ways to attach it
> to my tank. One way sounds wrong, the other way sounds ridiculus.
>
> The first woman said static electricity would hold it to the tank. I
> was accepting that until she told me the paper went inside the tank,
> in the water, and tucked under the gravel. She said there was no
> static electricity outside the tank and that I would have to use tape
> that way.
>
> The second woman said to put the paper on the outside of the tank, but
> only after spreading a thin film of vasoline on the glass to make it
> stick. I can't believe that.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Sam
>

I stuck some on one of our established tanks today with sellotape after
cutting it to size - do it on all of my tanks and never had a problem

Gill

[Rick]

Cut to fit (on the outside) and like Netmax said, tape on. Works fine on my
tanks.
p.s. I use the transparent kind.

"Samuel G. Kramer" > wrote in message
...
> Yet another newbie question from me.
>
> My tank is two months old and going pretty good. I've decided to try
> out scenery paper behind the tank to hide the power cables and stuff.
>
> There were two ladies working the fish department where I bought the
> scenery paper, and they each gave me very different ways to attach it
> to my tank. One way sounds wrong, the other way sounds ridiculus.
>
> The first woman said static electricity would hold it to the tank. I
> was accepting that until she told me the paper went inside the tank,
> in the water, and tucked under the gravel. She said there was no
> static electricity outside the tank and that I would have to use tape
> that way.
>
> The second woman said to put the paper on the outside of the tank, but
> only after spreading a thin film of vasoline on the glass to make it
> stick. I can't believe that.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Sam
>

[A Man]

Putting it inside the tank sounds ridiculous. It is sure to come loose from
the flowing of water from your filter or bubbler. Or just from fish nudging
it. If you have crayfish they are sure to explore it and rip it off.

However, putting a little vaseline on the outside edges sounds like it might
work. I don't know how visible the vaseline would be though.

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[Tedd Jacobs]

"Samuel G. Kramer" wrote...
> Yet another newbie question from me.
>
> My tank is two months old and going pretty good. I've decided to try
> out scenery paper behind the tank to hide the power cables and stuff.
>
> There were two ladies working the fish department where I bought the
> scenery paper, and they each gave me very different ways to attach it
> to my tank. One way sounds wrong, the other way sounds ridiculus.
>
> The first woman said static electricity would hold it to the tank. I
> was accepting that until she told me the paper went inside the tank,
> in the water, and tucked under the gravel. She said there was no
> static electricity outside the tank and that I would have to use tape
> that way.
>
> The second woman said to put the paper on the outside of the tank, but
> only after spreading a thin film of vasoline on the glass to make it
> stick. I can't believe that.
>
> Any ideas?

be creative: paint the back of the tank (on the outside) yourself. use
latex and it'll peal right off if you ever want to change. it's fairly
simple and easy to create a variety of backdrops. but if you do it, just
dont use gloss or semi-gloss, flat or matte work the best imho.

[FishNoob]

In article >,
says...
> be creative: paint the back of the tank (on the outside) yourself. use
> latex and it'll peal right off if you ever want to change. it's fairly
> simple and easy to create a variety of backdrops. but if you do it, just
> dont use gloss or semi-gloss, flat or matte work the best imho.

I thought, yesterday (ie too late LOL) that it would have been a good
idea to get my kids to decorate the back of the tank before I set it
up. You can buy markers that are specifically designed for writing on
glass, and my little artists would have had a great time drawing on
greenery and various other background items. I think the tank would
be too heavy to move to do that now, but I might give them a big
piece of dark-coloured paper to decorate with chalks, and attach that
to the back of the tank...

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FishNoob

[Tynk]

Samuel G. Kramer wrote:
> Yet another newbie question from me.
>
> My tank is two months old and going pretty good. I've decided to try
> out scenery paper behind the tank to hide the power cables and stuff.
>
> There were two ladies working the fish department where I bought the
> scenery paper, and they each gave me very different ways to attach it
> to my tank. One way sounds wrong, the other way sounds ridiculus.
>
> The first woman said static electricity would hold it to the tank. I
> was accepting that until she told me the paper went inside the tank,
> in the water, and tucked under the gravel. She said there was no
> static electricity outside the tank and that I would have to use tape
> that way.
>
> The second woman said to put the paper on the outside of the tank, but
> only after spreading a thin film of vasoline on the glass to make it
> stick. I can't believe that.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Sam

> Any ideas?
For backgrounds this is what I do:
I take poster board, found in any school supply section of a store.
Cut it to size, or tape 2 together for larger tanks.
Then, I wrap it with blue wrapping paper. Sometimes I like to use the
metalic ones, as my male Bettas love to display for the "other one".
At Christmas, I'll use something Christmas related, birthday parties
will get a party theme, etc. You can change it often as you want,
according to holidays, your mood, whatever.
I usually do an Ocean blue. Not too light, not too dark and it looks
lovely.
It's also highly cost effective, as the pre-made backgrounds are not
cheap.
The idea of putting a background inside your tank is idiotic. I'm not
surprised you were told this by a shop employee...good ones that know
anything about the hobby are getting rare.
After I wrap the poster board with a paper of choice, I tape the back
down good so it fits nice and tight on the poster board.\
Then, I just use simple clear packing tape and tape it to the top and
bottom rim of the tank.
The packing tape seems to stick better, and longer than regular
"scotch" tape.
I even do this on small tanks. My daughter is always wanting to change
her background on her 3g Eclipse tank.
Wrapping paper is pretty cheap, so it's no biggy.