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Painting the back of your Tank
Here is a link thats a pretty interesting read in regards to painting the back of a tank. Kinda wish I didnt paint mine now...
http://liquid-medium.com/1_2/backgrounds.htm
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Huh. Interesting.
Guess I'll go with a plastic background on the next tank instead of painting the back then!! I was all set to paint it too. Thanks for the link!
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lol
i really dont get it from what i understand it basicaly makes your lights less effective? |
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Looking at the info and graphs provided in that link, the first graph with the clear front, and painted blue back panel, the large portion of ur PAR is from 3/4 back to the front. Unless you plan on having your corals packed against the back 1/4 of your tank, your not really going to be "loosing" anything significant by painting it. I personally, keep my coral in the front 3/4's of my tanks anyways. Don't forget, they were only using T5's and 150W MH. I think its fair to say most people run 250W MH on most 48" tanks, I really don't think light loss is going to be something to worry about.
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True enough, but still it's interesting. You're right, probably not a huge loss in that zone.
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