Bogwood 101

[FishBlast]

The brown tint from the tannins is mostly noticable when the tank light is off, when you look at the tank water against trhe backdrop of a white wall. So in other words it shoulkdn't be a problem since this piece hgas already been soaked & in some other tank anyway. Some folks even prefer the look of brown tinted water because it makes the colors appear different. Regular weekly water changes are enough to keep my tanks looking slightly stained in a good way.

Your tank looks so beautiful, I keep wondering on what bg to make, whether to choose velvet black or velvet dark blue for the starry sky theme. X)
I wouldn't mind a brownish water or greenish a bit, as long as no fog appears. Usually, I get a mild fog after a water change, but it can only be noticed when looking from the width area of the tank, not the length one. It settles down within an hour usually.

That new fish tank I got will some day have black sand. Still wondering what fish it will have.

 

[Ruskull]

The brown tint from the tannins is mostly noticable when the tank light is off, when you look at the tank water against trhe backdrop of a white wall. So in other words it shoulkdn't be a problem since this piece hgas already been soaked & in some other tank anyway. Some folks even prefer the look of brown tinted water because it makes the colors appear different. Regular weekly water changes are enough to keep my tanks looking slightly stained in a good way.

Your tank looks so beautiful, I keep wondering on what bg to make, whether to choose velvet black or velvet dark blue for the starry sky theme. X)
I wouldn't mind a brownish water or greenish a bit, as long as no fog appears. Usually, I get a mild fog after a water change, but it can only be noticed when looking from the width area of the tank, not the length one. It settles down within an hour usually.

That new fish tank I got will some day have black sand. Still wondering what fish it will have.

Corys love sand and since you're a Hoplo fan you'd probably like a nice school of Corys in a black sand tank. You could try an all blue or all black background in your current tank................

 

[FishBlast]

Corys love sand and since you're a Hoplo fan you'd probably like a nice school of Corys in a black sand tank. You could try an all blue or all black background in your current tank................

Yeah was thinking of something like 6 albino corys over black sand to put them in evidence, but the simple bronze ones would look cool too. But with what egg-layer fish would they work? (non-shoaling, but that would tolerate the presence of 5 other members of their own species). I like fish with blue and green colors, would there be anything to match that?
A betta imbellis colony would be awesome, but idk if 150L would be fine with them or they'd start to whack each other on the head. Oh well, got some years till I can use that tank... Plenty of time to do research.

Yeah, but that would be too plain, was thinking of making something like a starry sky framed bg out of some cloth material since I like making embroideries. Something that would be dark, but also have some shiny speckles.

 

[Ruskull]

Personally I like backgrounds with more color. I've never gone swimming anywhere and seen black off in the distance. So therefore it doesn't appear natural to me. That's why I don't have a plain black background on any of my tanks. I also hate the fake plant backgrounds because , well they look fake. I prefer a lot of color and I use underwater looking backgrounds in all 3 of the tanks Sailfin Zach and I have.

Albino Corys are usually just albino Bronze anyway so you could mix it up with 3 of each, maybe more. I prefer the Threelined False Julii Corys myself, more patterns are a good thing to me anyway.

Oh, and thanks for the tank compliment. It's a work in progress as I'm trying to get the plants to grow in & fill out more. You aren't supposed to see so much of that background............more green from the plants would really make it look better IMO.

 

[FishBlast]

Personally I like backgrounds with more color. I've never gone swimming anywhere and seen black off in the distance. So therefore it doesn't appear natural to me. That's why I don't have a plain black background on any of my tanks. I also hate the fake plant backgrounds because , well they look fake. I prefer a lot of color and I use underwater looking backgrounds in all 3 of the tanks Sailfin Zach and I have.

Albino Corys are usually just albino Bronze anyway so you could mix it up with 3 of each, maybe more. I prefer the Threelined False Julii Corys myself, more patterns are a good thing to me anyway.

Oh, and thanks for the tank compliment. It's a work in progress as I'm trying to get the plants to grow in & fill out more. You aren't supposed to see so much of that background............more green from the plants would really make it look better IMO.

A natural color would be some kind of greenish-brown in my case, to fit the sandy substrate, which is light. But I'd prefer a darker one to contrast with the white and show my red swordtail better. Plus I might be getting an albino lyretail female swordie some day, which would mean it would be harder to spot with so much white.

Yeah I don't like the plastic plant pictures, yet my mom wanted one of those. I was like NO WAY!

I know that Albinos are Bronzes, but I'd prefer a single type of color of them, think I'm leaning more towards bronze, but they are much rarer than albinos here. Everywhere I go, they have a few or a single lonely little albino cory... I saw one at that mall pet shop (which mistreats its fish and plants) and I felt sorry for it, but couldn't get it because I don't have 5 other cories nor enough space to fit it and the hoplo.

Mine's a work in progress too, I just need the Java Moss and then everything can start properly (or so I hope, what with a low tech tank...). Still waiting on my water sprite to catch up since it's been deprived of light for a few months and was very damaged to begin with. Seems to be revived from its ashes lol.
And my fern has some black patches that it came with, I know there's no saving those leaves, but I hope new growths will appear soon. It still has to extend roots over the rocks. Lucky that my hoplo no longer moves it around. He's too busy trying to move the bogwood...