Blue or black background: which looks better?

Good idea. 1/4" painted plywood may be the easiest,

 

I just use black poster paper on the back of mine. I cut it to match the front then can easily tape it to the back. I tried the static kind from the pet store and it was a nightmare. I posted a picture recently, I'll load it here. I had never had a dark background before and am happy with it as it really put the attention on the fish and plants. I also like that it is black but not as black as my sand or stand. I wouldn't call it charcoal but a light black maybe.
I think if you click on the photo it will get bigger to get a better idea.

 

Here's same tank with black and then with a plant background with blue in it. I still haven't fully attached it yet but there's clearly a difference between the 2.

 

I do black and black on all my tanks. Brings out the color of the fish and plants

Wondering what are you two foreground plants? I have helferI but want to add something else.

 

I painted my tank black

 

Yes I'm going down the black route thanks for sharing pics and ideas you guys rock

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I painted my tank black

Nice looking tank!

 

Thanks Karen. It's a bad picture. Looks way better in person

 

Thanks Karen. It's a bad picture. Looks way better in person

It always looks better in person, it looks beautiful in the pic too. Congrats.

 

well the background arrived today so quickly haha applied it to tank and heres a pic also got that new fluval heater

 

Very nice setup looks very sharp, any fish yet

 

thanks Nicole there are about 70 fish n shrimp in the tank , I need to get more tall grasses to fill it out

 

I haven't tried grasses in my tank maybe one day, I still have to set up the 75 and transfer everything from the 46 over so I'm gonna have fun with that

 

HI everyone, I am going to paint my background of my tank and was wondering if I should go with blue or black and if blue what tone of blue? I have white pool filter sand in my tank. I was going to use a background already made, but way to much money for them so I will paint it for cheaper price and I like how it comes out. Any advice would be great and if you have pictures of yours so I can divide? I will be leaving soon to go buy the paint so anything soon will be great! Thanks everyone.

 

I personally like black, or dark blue. Since you are going to paint the background on the tank, how about going from black on the bottom, gradually fading into light blue at the very top.
If I were you, I would think twice about painting the tank just in case you may want to change backgrounds in the future. I've heard of people using Plasti-dip which peels off in case you don't like it.

Sorry...8 forgot to answer the question. I would go with black.

 

I did both blue and black tape on backgrounds for my smaller tank before we set up our 125. After having done both, we painted the big tank black. We really like it too. It'll never go out of style either!

*We used plastI dip paint. Turned out amazing!

 

I personally like black more, my tanks are all black makes the fish stand out more

 

I prefer a paler blue like the Caribbean. I think that would look really nice with the white sand. It would look more tropical. Alison

 

I personally like black, or dark blue. Since you are going to paint the background on the tank, how about going from black on the bottom, gradually fading into light blue at the very top.
If I were you, I would think twice about painting the tank just in case you may want to change backgrounds in the future. I've heard of people using Plasti-dip which peels off in case you don't like it.

Sorry...8 forgot to answer the question. I would go with black.

I would use acrylic paint cause then I can just wash it off.

 

I prefer a paler blue like the Caribbean. I think that would look really nice with the white sand. It would look more tropical. Alison

I did it the Caribbean blue! Thank you Alison! I love it , but will show some photos later tomorrow when I get home from work because the tank is a little cloudy right now. My mom did the same color a few months ago with another color blue by patching and blending it and I kind of knew I was gonna use that same blue, but wasn't to sure and I'm glad I did.

 

Can't wait to see it!

 

I did both blue and black tape on backgrounds for my smaller tank before we set up our 125. After having done both, we painted the big tank black. We really like it too. It'll never go out of style either!

*We used plastI dip paint. Turned out amazing!

Loving it!!!!!

 

Ok here it is! I love it! So much better then the background I had before.

 

Ooh that's a really nice color! What color is it?!? I really like it

 

Ooh that's a really nice color! What color is it?!? I really like it

Thank you. It's the Caribbean blue.

 

It looks really nice. Good job, and your welcome. It looks very relaxing and tropical. Alison

 

Lovely color choice! Think I may have to add that to my bowf. Thanks for that recommendation, alison.

 

Your welcome. Alison

 

 

I usually go black.. but that blue is nice!!

 

Black

 

I like the blue with the black sand. THough my 75 has black with black and I think it looks awesome

 

My wife likes the blue. I like the black. Looks like it's gonna be blue. I think I'm gonna have to go with white sand.

 

I like the blue.

 

Blue looks nice

 

Black

 

I use black if I plan any photography, and a deep purple blue tone to throw back light. Darker tanks give stronger fish colours. White gravel lightens colours, as they adapt their colours to the habitat.

 

Black. It makes the colors of your fish pop out.

 

Hello
Black is best or dark green, blue for fresh water aquariums is not a good colour. Your fish will feel more settled with dark colours.
You can make your own using the card they sell in art / picture framing shops and painting it with fence paint
Tod

 

We're going with the blue background with black diamond sand. So it begins. Now to get a nice day , to be able to clean it outside.