Let's See Your Blue/Black Backdrop Tanks!

[Felixc395]

I'm trying to decide whether I want to paint the back of my new tank blue or black.

Let's see your pics!

 

[Trini 2D Bone]

my baby

 

[KyleO]

The background of both my tanks are black. I really like the idea of a gradient of blue to mimic more of what you would actually see in the reef, but...........unless you are prepared to not have any equipment in your tank (overflows, powerheads, cords, etc.) it doesn't seem to work out. The equipment really jumps out at you with a blue background as opposed to black.

Of course I have so much live rock that you can't see my background anyway!

 

[kcochran0010]

My 75 gallon!

 

[shifty51008]

old pic.

 

[JDMhoes]

go with Black!

 

[Matt Dean]

I preferred black over the lighter blue that is common, but what I really wanted was a DARK bllue. Not quite black, but a noticeable blue tone.

Regardless, this was my old tank. My new tank has no background, as it is a peninsula.

 

[droth335]

I went with black on my 210...but in a few months it likely won't have mattered since it will be purple and green as the coraline covers the rest of it!

 

[SkyPapa]

Here is my 180.
I was trying out a radium (on the right) in this shot.
I have since switched to all radium.

 

[Felixc395]

Thanks everyone so far! Looking great!

 

[mark54321]

my oceanic tech black background:

 

[Felixc395]

Very nice mark54321! Seems to me that black has a sleeker look while the right blue seems more natural.

 

[droth335]

Ok...do you all clean the back glass so that your background shows? My tank was only up for about 7 months in the shot above and is quickly getting covered with coraline...I can't imagine the work it takes to keep it clean!

 

[tspors]

Black

 

[Indymann99]

 

[greech]

 

[RVANANO]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/4832529778/" title="IMG_0331 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4832529778_e43674a746_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="IMG_0331" /></a>

 

[illal]

ive had both and hands down black looks better!

 

[Sharkkeeper]

black for sure

 

[Beaun]

This is a piece of plexiglass that i spray painted one side black and the other blue, this is the blue side. It looks very dark but still slightly blue, you can compare the black overflow to the background.