Re: [APD] Painting an Aquarium Heater

["Louis Lin" <lhclin at tickquest_com>]

Hagan sells a heater cover that is black.  May be an alternative to
painting.

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Louis Lin
TickQuest Inc    www.tickquest.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walker Benjamin D C1C USAFA/CS20" <C04Benjamin_Walker at USAFA.edu>
To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 11:25 PM
Subject: [APD] Painting an Aquarium Heater


> Hi, this is my first time writing to this list, but my girlfriend and I
have
> a small planted aquarium with a black filter pick-up tube and a clear
glass
> aquarium heater against a black background.  We just don't like the look
of
> the glass heater in the background--it stands out too much--and we really
> don't feel like rigging some sort of artificial "stump" in the corner to
> hide the heater.  So we're thinking of painting it if it doesn't cause too
> many problems.
>
> Has anyone ever tried taking the heater out, painting it and putting it
back
> in once it has been painted?  Of course we'd clean it well and make sure
it
> would be thoroughly dry.  I'm just wondering if it would do anything
> dangerous to the fish, or if it would flake off the heater and cause
> problems.
>
> Thoughts?  Thanks!
>
> Ben
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