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March 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| background
the backgroud that you putt on the back of the tank does it confuse the fish if there are plants on etc .... | 
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March 26th, 2008
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| LOL... I dont know!  Funny tho, I have seen my Discus who is in a tank with a planted background go to the glass and look like its trying to pick at the plants. It didnt do that in the tank with the solid black background..
So its possible that they do check it out and wonder what it is... | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| ya my male guppy keep nipping at the glass where the background is | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| LOL that is funny....
They will eventually realize that they cannot get to it... lol  | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| ya i laugth my self sick for the guppy but i dont think he thinks its funny | |
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March 26th, 2008
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March 26th, 2008
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|  hahahaha lol | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| I am about to set up a 30 gal with a mirror background...what is THAT going to make them do?  | |
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March 26th, 2008
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Originally Posted by mrsmuffin  I am about to set up a 30 gal with a mirror background...what is THAT going to make them do? | If any betta in there...they will flare at themselves.  | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| lol. I have no background, but am thinking about getting a dark blue one, just something that will hide the mass of cords behind the tank, and hopefully help reduce any future stress in the fish. I don't really have stress problems with my fish, they have been in there a long time, but still... what do you guys/girls think? | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| Hi Kayin
the solid blue backgrounds are very nice. I have a solid black on one of my tanks, the solid colors really do bring out the fish more than a planted background. I just think that the planted backgrounds look good if you do not have a lot of decorations or plants in the tank.. But it all comes down to personal choices of what you think looks best on your tank. | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| I use colored construction paper. If you look in my gallery, you'll see the difference just a change of paper color can make with the decor in my tank, and it might give you some ideas. Construction paper also has the remarkable quality of being cheap and easily changed. | |
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March 26th, 2008
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| Wow, that's something I never thought about - that they might mistake those plants on the background for real ones!  : | |
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March 27th, 2008
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| ya lol | |
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March 27th, 2008
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Originally Posted by mrsmuffin I am about to set up a 30 gal with a mirror background...what is THAT going to make them do? | yes in deed a betta will flare him self silly and maybe even sick. But other fish will just think theres more of them, a very good way to make schooling fish more comfortable.
I have run tanks with out backgrounds and had fish swim into the glass pretty hard. I guess they thought the tank went on a little farther
Carol | 
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March 28th, 2008
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| Hey Luna we do the same thing. My son used construction paper for his and even did a nice ocean design. Its very cute. 3 out of 5 tanks has it like that. | |
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March 28th, 2008
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| I used colored poster board on my betta tank and my daughter's 10g. | |
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March 29th, 2008
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| cool very instesting | |
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March 29th, 2008
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| Hi!
I wouldn't have a clue about these thigns - I always use black backgrounds! Yeah, Bettas can flare so much they rip their fins, which is why we don't want them to do it.
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March 29th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| I always feel bad about planted backgrounds because the tank looks big to the fish but they cant explore it | |
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March 30th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| It can make them feel more secure though. | |
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April 4th, 2008
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| ya but its still funny how they try to eat it hahahahahhahaahahah | |
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