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Offline Fiona

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Reflective tank sides question
« on: December 29, 2014, 05:30:35 PM »
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Our all our tanks have reflective glass on the sides and as we want to get a betta I'm assuming this will be a problem as the betta might start trying to fight itself. I've got backgrounds on the outside back of my tanks but I on't think they'd be suitable for the insides. Does anyone know of something I could use to cover the inside of the tank we want to put the betta in or an alternative solution to my problem. Buying another tank isnt an option.

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Re: Reflective tank sides question
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2014, 06:17:08 PM »
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Hi Fiona, both my tanks have reflective sides, but only when water is in  :o, not good is it,  it makes for a very dissatisfied community who want to swim in the tanks beyond  :(
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Re: Reflective tank sides question
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2014, 07:17:45 PM »
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There are such things as backgrounds that go inside the tank, I think they are mainly the 3D type. I know that Juwel make them. But if I remember correctly, this is a small tank isn't it? These backgrounds can be quite thick and displace a fair amount of water.
I have heard of someone making a moss wall background using craft mesh as the base material but that would probably take a while to grow enough to look nice.
Sheets of coloured perspex?
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Re: Reflective tank sides question
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2014, 08:24:26 PM »
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Our tank has reflective sides and we have a very happy male betta. He displayed a little bit when he first went in but soon chilled out  :) I guess it depends on the temperament of the individual fish and we've just been lucky to get a betta who's a big softie :)
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Re: Reflective tank sides question
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2014, 07:56:35 AM »
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I painted the sides of my tanks (outside, of course) matt black so they don't reflect at all, but that may not appeal to most, though fish look great against a black background. I did try gluing black card to the outside, but that made the reflection stronger, more like a mirror.
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Re: Reflective tank sides question
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2015, 05:59:28 PM »
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Thanks for all the advice and yes Sue the betta will go in the 50l tank with the endlers so a 3d background wouldn't be that great in there. I have actually considered making a moss wall for the inside of one of my tanks, it would indeed take a while before it would look nice and I'm nor sure java moss would be the best moss for the job as it gets very straggly and would need a lot of trimming up. I'll have a look at jewels website and see if I can find anything there.
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