Twin 40gal grow out tanks

[TDubb4Twenty]

So I'm building my daughter's twin 40gal grow out tanks. To make them diff, I'm putting rain glass as background for one and was thinking Mirror for the other. Anyone ever used mirror as a background? Need thoughts and input, good or bad idea.

O and the tanks are..one is for mollies the other tetra(black skirt and rainbow fish she has so far)

 

[SparkyJones]

my opinion, use a regular tank, paper and tape it off and use a can of Rustoleum mirror effect spray paint on the outside so the inside will have the mirror once it sets. not sure how you'd get the rain glass effect besides a background though, but the mirror paint is pretty decent. And I suppose it would make the tank appear more active and deep.

I don't suggest the mylar film, it gets wavy, and I dont' sugges haging a piece of mirrof glass to the back wall of the tank, but that mirror effect works out nice to turn glass into a mirror.

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[TDubb4Twenty]

my opinion, use a regular tank, paper and tape it off and use a can of Rustoleum mirror effect spray paint on the outside so the inside will have the mirror once it sets. not sure how you'd get the rain glass effect besides a background though, but the mirror paint is pretty decent. And I suppose it would make the tank appear more active and deep.

I don't suggest the mylar film, it gets wavy, and I dont' sugges haging a piece of mirrof glass to the back wall of the tank, but that mirror effect works out nice to turn glass into a mirror.

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Not trying to be difficult or what not but why do so much to achieve the mirror effect when I can just use mirror glass?, not trying to be a smart just wondering is there something wrong with real mirror glass? And rain glass wouldn't be an effect, it'll be actual rain glass...

 

[SparkyJones]

You mean using a mirror for the back panel? What's the worst that could happen?

A 40g tank is 1/4th inch glass. As long as your mirror is same thickness you should be OK. Same goes for the rain glass, although I don't know if rain glass may have stress issues, but as long as it's 1/4" thick shouldn't be a problem I'd assume.

Good luck.

 

[TDubb4Twenty]

Preciate that my dude, but I make all outta 3/8in. I read somewhere that seeing themselves can be stressful to fish. How they know it's themself idk‍♂️. But I wanted advise, cant trust Google all the time. And I work for a glass company so the DIYer in my is spoiled rotten. Lol

 

[pepperedcorydoras5]

Preciate that my dude, but I make all outta 3/8in. I read somewhere that seeing themselves can be stressful to fish. How they know it's themself idk‍♂️. But I wanted advise, cant trust Google all the time. And I work for a glass company so the DIYer in my is spoiled rotten. Lol

Hello, that IS true. Seeing themselves is not stressful to all fish. Schooling fish or fish that stay in groups should be fine.

 

[TDubb4Twenty]

Ooooo ok...so that would explain how they know it's them, they're in the tank alone lol. Ok so prob be best to put mirror background on Molly/Guppy tank?