What background do you prefer?

[kermit_criminal]

What background for your tank do you prefer? black? blue? nothing?..

me personally.. im not quote sure honestly and i want to know what most people use..

 

[khaosinc]

I like black personally. nothing to detract from anything going on in the tank. Seems to be marginally more resistant to coraline as well.

 

[username in use]

I have a really really really dark royal blue. A shade more blue than black.

 

[timjoemak]

+1 for really really really dark royal blue, close to black.

 

[droth335]

I prefer black...

 

[hillscp]

Mine is black but before I did it I contemplated using car window tint. It comes in a few different colors. I saw a tank once with it and it was pretty cool.

 

[dcombs44]

I took black and painted the bottom portion of the back pane and arched it up in the middle and painted the top a dark royal blue. Looks like it blends from deeper water to shallower water (kind of )

 

[gjk]

aquarium shots 001

How about rock for backround

 

[robs.mark]

aquarium shots 001

How about rock for backround

Looks awesome, is it yours? I need an FTS!

 

[gjk]

Thanks robs.mark. Yes it is our 300 display and I covered the back complete with small chunks of rock, branch and plate. It has given many good place for coral. Is that your Tang in your avatar? Nice Tang! Sorry, FTS?

 

[ALH]

black

 

[zachfishman]

I like black personally. nothing to detract from anything going on in the tank. Seems to be marginally more resistant to coraline as well.

What do you mean by it being marginally resistant to coralline algae? How?

 

[joeychitwood]

I painted the back of my 54 corner with black oil paint. It is very resistant to salt, scrapes, etc. I think it highlights the corals and fish.

 

[robnuti]

+1 for the rock background

 

[rino0987]

Sorry if this sounds amateur but do you paint the inside or outside of yall's tanks

 

[hillscp]

Sorry if this sounds amateur but do you paint the inside or outside of yall's tanks

Outside

 

[dano1]

just painted my tank with krylon fusion black. No water yet but it looks great dry ; ) and sure beats the lfs charging $50 + for the same thing.

 

[am3gross]

i used black window tint for mine... i think if i ever wanted to change it then it would be easier then scraping paint off..

 

[joeychitwood]

Here is my 54 corner after two coats of black oil paint.

 

[jmking33]

I prefer black!