Recommended Color

[Wickednix]

What do you all recommend on the background color of your tank.

I want to go black paint, but the wife wants a light to dark blue paint.

[SOREVIV476]

blue

makes it look bright

[raskal311]

black

[supaboy1981]

orange

[bill624]

red or pink haha jp.. i think blue looks better than black because it looks more natural to me for some reason

[Wickednix]

Originally posted by bill624
red or pink haha jp.. i think blue looks better than black because it looks more natural to me for some reason

Wife tried to get me to get pink paint. Black shows all the lil stuff.

I think blue is the winner.

[glaudds]

A vote for black here.....although it will be covered with purple coraline algae with time.

[tigerarmy40]

I want to go aqua but my overlow is dlack so I think im stuck with black!

[BrookR1]

Can't you do a black to blue fade (bottom to top)? I would experiment on a piece of glass before trying it on your tank, though.

[kevinrs]

blue

[simon.007]

Black, to hide the stuff growing on the back. If it is too light in color it will look dirty and you will need to clean it all the time.

[SaveOurReefs]

BLACK, blue will look like a ghetto petcos tank lol, I preffer black, blue just looks to fake to me

[Wickednix]

my 26g is black and it shoes any lil spec of anything. I am going like a royal/navy bluie

[gho]

Welp, they say a picture is worth a 1000 words (well I think that's what they say):

http://www.ximinasphotography.com/galleries/albums/marine/20050219%20200552%204553.jpg

[Orochimaru]

I would leave it alone, eventually all will be pink or purple with coraline algae. What is the point? :)

[gho]

Originally posted by tetra
I would leave it alone, eventually all will be pink or purple with coraline algae. What is the point? :)
That's why razor blades were invented ;)

[Wickednix]

Greg that is so sexy. I have decided to go with like a royal blue or midnight blue.

Posting pics of the eagle in my other post..

[vpham24]

Greg,

This is worth showing again. BLACK. Blue does not show depth too well. That's nice Greg.

Originally posted by gho
Welp, they say a picture is worth a 1000 words (well I think that's what they say):

http://www.ximinasphotography.com/galleries/albums/marine/20050219%20200552%204553.jpg

[Hawkdl2]

Originally posted by SaveOurReefs
BLACK, blue will look like a ghetto petcos tank lol, I preffer black, blue just looks to fake to me

Intersting view point. So, how do you explain your avatar? JK :P


I've always thought dark blue looked the most realistic. Gho's pictures are beyond awesome, but they just don't remind me of any reef I've ever dove on. Look at SaveOur Reefs avatar. That's what reefs look like. (the stark background, not the corals - awesome tank!)

But, I have black now becasue that's the only color ABS backing comes in (that I get get).


Definately a "to each his own" issue.

[Old Yeller Tang]

Originally posted by SaveOurReefs
BLACK, blue will look like a ghetto petcos tank lol, I preffer black, blue just looks to fake to me
Took the words right out of my mouth!:lol:
Definitely Black!:D

I have yet to see a blue back ground tank I found to my liking. Maybe because they all use that fake looking sky blue color that you see on many acrylic tanks. Maybe a deep dark blue like Larry mentioned would be nice.

[Badmort]

I prefer those cool tapeon reef backings you can buy at your LFS = )

If not that then definitely Black, I like the contrast., but like Larry said its a personal preference thing.

[bill624]

hey gho, what is the id of the orange coral all the way to the left of your tank.. it looks like a big ball of star polyps or something like that..its right next to that big power head....

if anyone else knows then let me know please? it looks awesome..

btw i painted my tank with a dark blue and it turned out light blue when the paint settled...the paint looks dark blue on all other surfaces...anyone else have or had this problem or is it just me?

[SaveOurReefs]

Hey leave my avatar out of this!!! lol :D

Thats a pic from scripps aquarium... does look really nice with that blue back ground... LOL !

[gho]

Originally posted by bill624
hey gho, what is the id of the orange coral all the way to the left of your tank.. it looks like a big ball of star polyps or something like that..its right next to that big power head....
Does it look orange? It's just a huge thing of GSP's