Blue or black tank backgrounds

[Rothie]

Has anyone ever used a background on a clams only tank?Any thoughts on this? I'm thinking it might distract from the clams.

 

[quantim0]

i had a black background on my clam/sps tank for a while. think that it helped to bring out some of the colors of the coral. but since the clams are really meant to be veiwed from the top i don't think it would make much of a difference.

i had to take it down because my anthias kept attacking its reflection in the glass.

 

[NPCivic]

go for the black background. It brings out the color in any tank in my opinion. I did try blue but it just did not look right to me with the color of my fish and also the clams that I have.

 

[sahin]

I used to have blue on my previous tank. It looked alright. I now have a black background (came with the AquaMedic tank). It sure does help contrast the coral colours etc. Fish stand out. Ie the yellow tang really stands out against the black background.