Has anyone used black substare?_ I have painted the back of the tank black and the bottom as I wasn't going to use a substrate._ However my family likes the snails and all that come out of the substrate at feeding time so they are wanting me to put a substrate in it._ I am thinking of black as I like the darker back and bottom as it doesn't take away from the brightness of the corals and fish like the white does (at least I don't think so)... your thoughts and pics?
black substrate
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mcox33
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Sorry all my pictures are gone. But I had black reef sand that I got from Barry. In my opinion if you are using substrate, black is the only way to go. I also had the black tank back.
Go black you will love it, the corals pop. Especially when you put a neon green or a red brain down on the sand.
my .02 worth
Go black you will love it, the corals pop. Especially when you put a neon green or a red brain down on the sand.
my .02 worth
firefish2020
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I did it several years back but didnt realy like it.
coralreefer
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but it will also show all the nasty brown detritus sitting on top of the sand.
mcox33
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I never had any problems with the brown on the sand as long as I did water changes at about 3 month intervals. I know that is too long but it worked for my tank. 25% water change every 3 months more than that and things went out of sync. Less of course I would notice time to change the water.
but even at the 3 month change there really wasn;t much brown around the sand. I had alot of live rock though.
but even at the 3 month change there really wasn;t much brown around the sand. I had alot of live rock though.
