Aquarium backgrounds

Do you guys have any ideas how I can make my cage look a little nicer? I was thinking of getting a background but I want to get a cool looking one and haven't found a very big selection. I just would like to hide those nasty looking wires with something. Any suggestions would be great as I am trying to set-up a nice looking (and funcitonal) display.
you guys rock!
-Jonah

I was looking at the backgrounds at Petco the other day and they didn't have much of a seclection, and only one that wasn't an underwater scene -- it was black on one side, blue on the other. I'd bet, though, that if you went to a fish specialty shop you could probably find a bigger selection. I know I've seen forest scenes before. If nothing else, if the aquarium isn't too big, you could use book covers, which have a pretty wide variety of designs.

I ended up with a blue/black background as the petstore didn't have any that weren't aquatic. I recommend using them since after I installed it (covered back and one side) Xaero comes out more and seems to feel less "displayed". I use the blue side, but I would have preferred a nice outdoor scene.

haha, get an aquatic one. that would be hilarious!
but seriosuly now...
they make desert backround whch look pretty cool. ive seen them in picture of people cages online. never in a petstore... try searchin around online. i checked it out for a few seconds and found these:
http://www.zoomed.com/html/terrarium_backgrounds.php

LOL...that would be funny to put an aquatic one up. I got mine at Petco...it's aquatic on one side and a desert scene on the other. It's set up on Caesar's cage, which you can see in my gallery if you want. I want to find another one for our new beardie's cage...but I don't want it to be an exact duplicate of Caesars......although, I'll take what I can get.

Hehe - our stores have those ones you buy by the foot - some of them have desert/jungle/grassland scenes and all are dual-sided. Since the Blood's cage is nearest the window i plopped the ever-attractive carboard wrap around it.

The ones available around here look kinda like this:

http://www.petdiscounters.com/aquari...s/12_inch.html
http://www.pkpets.com.au/products/fish/products.htm

but by far the most kickass prices I have seen (bulbs, sphagnum, hides et al) are here:

http://www.reptiledirect.com/index.a...ROD&ProdID=689

We order from them pretty regularly rather than pay the INSANE retail markup.

I have an aqautic background on my cage. It really seems to brighten up the cage and my snakes seem to like it. I think thats where they get the likeing for climbing

Hey Smulkin, that last link was great. I love this:
http://www.reptiledirect.com/index.a...ROD&ProdID=238

Isn't that cool, Marla? I saw those at the pet store. Makes ya wanna run out and buy a critter that needs a misty humidfier like that! LOL

i like that, i think i am going to get that for the new iguana

Hehe - yeah compare their prices (esp bulps and sphagnum moss) to what you'd pay retail. Makes me think I oughta quit working systems support and go open up shop.

Judy and FoD, yep, i can just see a couple of very confused little cresties. :lol: I do have to make it rain for them twice a day, though, because they won't drink from a dish apparently. I was wondering if I could train them with a rodent-style water bottle.

Smulkin, yes, the prices are definitely competitive. A critter-keeper thing that i was looking at at Petco the other day for $12.99 was $4+ less there. But by their prices the value of the freebies I got with my cresties was $20, so that makes me even more impressed with Reptile Depot too.

THIS BACKROUND WAS ON E-BAY MADE BY LIVING THINGS ALSO AT PETCO ...... I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE PICTURE FORWARD BUT LOOK AT MY GALLERY IT THERE AND HE LOVES IT S6G2P :D

Scott, FYI, all caps is considered to be yelling (which I'm sure you didn't mean) and is a bit harder to read. Nice background, tho. :) It looks pretty natural.

nope not yelling at all just forgot to shift keys sorry :oops: :oops:

No problem, Scott. I have sticky shift keys on this keyboard so sometimes I just skip the caps altogether. I think that's easier to read than all caps, tho. :)

Isn't it hilarious how all caps is yelling? It really does feel like yelling I MEAN THIS WOULD MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE AFTER A WHILE - I forget to shift keys all the time i wouldn't even worry about it.

On another note... I went to a different PetSmart to look at backgrounds and at first it seemed like eleven rolls of aquatic.. then i started picking them up and on the flip side were some cool scenes!! I ended up with one that is a closeup of a giant tree trunk going into big rocks it's very blue-grey which fits the decor of my apt. as well. I trimmed off the gravel at the bottom so it flows pretty seamlessly into my coconut substrate - so if you are looking for backgrounds i found a bunch at petsmart just remember to flip over the aquatic ones.. Also unfortunately i didn't see all the posts on this until today but thank you guys for the links... i found one i like better but too late now, i already measured, cut, and taped. Strantely it seemed to intrigue my new friend who has been climbing quite a bit on his sandblasted grape vine - he seems to feel a bit more secure with the background and it hides the wires very very nicely.

Jonah, I think I saw that background one one of the sites I looked at today. I wish they'd link to bigger versions of the images, though. Glad you found one you're happy with. :)