Gesiggie
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Depends on the rest of the color in the room where it is standing...
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Depends on the rest of the color in the room where it is standing...
I'm not an interior decorator but the walls are whiteis, greyish curtains & brown laminated wood floors. The tank sits in the corner of the room facing my bedroom door.
Gesiggie
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Ag no man Michael... How must we give you suggestions if we cannot see the room?? Or did you not tidy it before you left this morning?? 
If the overall tone of the room is light, and you want all the focus on your tank, go for dark then. It would contrast nicely. But do keep the finishing in mind... Glossy would draw the attention away from the tank, to everything that reflect on the cabinet... Matt tones would be better.
If you have a lot of wood in the room already, choose a color closest to the dominant color, otherwise it will just make the room cluttered.
If the overall tone of the room is light, and you want all the focus on your tank, go for dark then. It would contrast nicely. But do keep the finishing in mind... Glossy would draw the attention away from the tank, to everything that reflect on the cabinet... Matt tones would be better.
If you have a lot of wood in the room already, choose a color closest to the dominant color, otherwise it will just make the room cluttered.
The rom looks messy enough, thanks for the input. Won't matt black look too dull?
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Gesiggie
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It again depends on the rest of the room furniture... If it is all satin & organza, then yes...
What did you plan to paint it with?
What did you plan to paint it with?
The room is plain & simple no fancy colours, was thinking of gloss black.
Gesiggie
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Oh my... Mirror mirror on the wall... Ehm oops no... On the cabinet....
If that is what you like, go for it...
If that is what you like, go for it...
Will wait & see what the others say.
Finally kicked the old bag off her laptop. Here are some pics as promised.
The dimable LED unit.
The tank on the stand.
The fixed sump.
That's all I have for now.
The dimable LED unit.
The tank on the stand.
The fixed sump.
That's all I have for now.
Toolboysa
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If your brave enough paint it fire truck red with a few black pin stripes
Orange actually came to mind
Toolboysa
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thought of that but thought it might be to obv, but would look cool
Toolboysa
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but you need to break the monotonous look of just 1 colour
LOL but like your idea
True
So the tank is finally wet & added the sand now just have to clean up the LR & do the scaping. Will post pics soon.
So I was busy with the adding the ts2 into the sump & noticed something looking like a snorkel in the sand so I moved the sand & saw a snail. Nice I've life in the tank & didn't think to check the sand to see if there was life in it. Anyway a little bit later I went to check on the skimmer as it was working overtime at first & noticed there was a second snail, cool more life. Getting really excited now but going to take it easy & not rush things with this tank. This morning I switched off the skimmer & added prodibio biodigest & ammo stop so let the bacteria start working it's magic.
Sorry, couldn't resist!
Hey you might want to add PRODIBIO BIOPTIM as well, as this helps the bacteria grow