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Re: Fish trapped behind 3d background

Subject: Re: Fish trapped behind 3d background
by Protopigeon on 9/6/2010 10:20:52

Hi EagleC I really appreciate your suggestions, thanks

I have actually considered doing that, but I've got a few issues...

I used aquarium safe black silicon to fix the background to the bottom of the tank, but I didn't do the sides because I thought I needed some flow behind the background to stop the water there getting stagnant. I roughly followed this guide when I fitted it http://www.gillsnfins.ca/3d_install.php - obviously he's using external filtration. Also, I needed the water to be around the entire filter box so that it would work properly. I guess these backgrounds are maybe not designed to be used with internal box filters. Wish I'd simply maxxed my credit card out at the time, but i'd already bought the tank / stand etc brand new so I was loathe to do that.

Now that I've cut the background to shape, I'd rather not remove the filter box from the tank (to put into their temporary home), as I don't have enough background left to cover the whole of the back, and it wouldn't match up properly. There's also a gap underneath the black box, (can't really see it properly in the pic), which I cut a piece of background to fit, but would be nearly impossible to silicon

I'm also worried about the extra stress this would put on my danios - removing them and having them in a bucket for a few days.

Thanks again for your help

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