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Old 02-09-2008, 07:46 PM   #1
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Default My DIY Background and Moonlighting

Decided to share my experience in DIYing aquarium background after seeing that there is quite some interest in it in bro gtohow's thread. This is the final result. Hope more bros will find it useful and indulge in their own background making!




Materials needed are:

- Styrofoam boards (depends on how thick you need)
- Sharp pen knife
- Cement and mix
- Silicon (Most silicon can be used)


The boards are cut up and placed in position.

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Looks very natural... Hmm.. AF seems to have alot of hidden dragon and crouching tiger..

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Old 02-09-2008, 08:07 PM   #3
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n he's one of them! Great job bro KawaiiBoy
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Old 02-09-2008, 08:02 PM   #4
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The boards are stacked together to make thicker dimensions. Generous amount of silicon are to be used. After which, pressure is to be applied so that the bonds are strong enough.


You can start carving your background after leaving the silicon dry for 24 hours.


My tank is with bracing so I have to break the background into smaller pieces. The pieces are painted with cement.


Note this space behind the background. It is for the powerhead to be placed in so that it can be hidden from sight.
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Old 02-09-2008, 08:08 PM   #5
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You can see that for my background, all the air tubings and water pipes are integrated with the background and hidden from sight.


The last photo shows the tank with cold cathode moonlighting that I DIYed. It can be attached to a timer to be switched on at specific timing.


The water is a little greenish because of some medicine applied to the water. Hope you all will find my thread useful. Thanks for looking!
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Old 02-09-2008, 08:10 PM   #6
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nice lah bro, u can collaborate with tank makers and taylor backdrops for new tanks.
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Old 02-09-2008, 08:14 PM   #7
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tks for sharing bro,great work,looks very real
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n he's one of them! Great job bro KawaiiBoy
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nice lah bro, u can collaborate with tank makers and taylor backdrops for new tanks.
Thanks guys for the compliments. I did refer to some of the works of other people in the Internet, so its not really something original. You guys can do a search on it too!
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Old 02-09-2008, 08:28 PM   #9
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Great step by step detailing the DIY works bro, thanks for sharing.
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Old 02-09-2008, 09:31 PM   #10
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very well done, thumbs up
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