Blue or Black Background

[triga22]

Which is better? I heard black makes the tank look small.

 

[grumpygils]

Originally Posted by TriGa22
Which is better? I heard black makes the tank look small.

I think (and have tried), If you have good bright lights, black is better, if you have mediocre lights, blue backing will brighten the tank and colors. I just switched out a friends 55 with 260 PC to blue from black and it looks ten times better.
IMO
Mc

 

[triga22]

I have 29 with 130 wat pc... Blue or black?

 

[mr. green]

I am going with black since my overflow is on the back of the tank and is black. Also, with 6 t-5's I should be good for light. Going to try the window tint method and can always rip it off if I do not like it.

 

[reefkprz]

I like blue for an appearance of more depth... but eventually its all going to be pink because I dont scrape coralline of my back wall.

 

[alix]

all my tanks are black because i like the way it really contrasts with the colors of the fish etc.

 

[triga22]

ok.. To vary of opinions

 

[azaintcold]

I vote black. I had a reverseable blue / black background. It went on initially as blue. Eventually turned it around to black and think it looks ten times better. More natural IMO.

 

[ejensen]

The blue background looks really good when the glass is nice and clean. Other than that you can see anything on it. I had both. I like the black much better.

 

[triga22]

Im going to get a reversable if possible.

 

[mike22cha]

I vote black

 

[reef46]

I've had both and I like both. It's all a matter of what you like. before painting or doing anything extreme. Try some of the background paper you get at the LFS. Most are reversible and have a blue side and black side. give each color a week and see which YOU PREFER. Then paint away.

 

[katz]

I painted mine a dark blue.

 

[m0nk]

Personally I like black because it gives good contrast for the colors in the tank. But, any background is better than none. I also personally don't like coraline build up on the back either, but that's just me.

 

[dina12]

I have tried both and like a dark blue background. You can buy some poster board - it is really cheap and you can play with the colors before painting the back of the tank.

 

[triga22]

Im just going to use the paper stuff. When we get new carpet upstairs I will paint it cause its moving into the basement.

 

[scsinet]

Black gives the tank sort of an indefinite depth look...

 

[triga22]

Hey, I got the sump all good.