How do i beautify a fishtank??

By Affinity

My hubby is a avid fish hobbyist. he loves his fishes to bits! i've grown to like them too but not the tanks.. Before we move in we agreed to have a built in tank manufactured so that it can blend with the decor.. we had a hole knocked down from a wall so that we can see thru into the tank. the other side of the tank is flushed with a build in full height cabinet.

But his love for fishes grew (hmm cant say that for his love for me) and we bought another tank. a cheaper one coz the build in tank cost a bomb. Does anyone have any ideas at all how i might decorate/do up the tank a bit so that it looks more sleek or pleasing? something DIY-able?

This is how the new tank look.

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June 25, 2007

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omnipotentpov

July 05, 2007

Put the fish tank in a room you don't have to go into :) hehehehehe

Affinity

June 26, 2007

Hi thanks:) i'm thinking of using ur idea of skinning the entire construction with ply... but i'm still scratching my head over how to make it nice from the top, because i'll be able to see the metal stand, the gold knob (yucks) and the plywood. Dont think i'll build a new cabinet stand as we dont intend to drain the water to transfer the glass tank to another stand...

yup the tank is abit small for the arowarna. its a hospital tank! :) whenever the fishes fall sick, or get whacked by the other aros in the main tank, we will move him out to this small tank for temporary accomodation.

dalbrecht

June 25, 2007

The first step to beatifying a fish tank is getting it on a more attractive stand. My recomendation in this case is to build a stand out of .75" plywood. You need to maintain 6" of solid support around the rim of the tank to support everything. Conversely, you can use 2*4s and skin the entire construction with quarter inch ply. Step two is building a hood to surround the light fixture and top of tank. This is easily done with a piano hinge and some mdf. Paint everything to match the walls and it will start to blend in.

A second tactic would be to beautify the inside of the tank. Since you're housing an arrowana (in a tank that's too small I might add) Your options are limited but some java fern, a piece of driftwood and a thin layer of sand or gravel will go a long way.