What Would Look Better Back Ground Wise?

[Truck]

i was thinking either a rock wall, or a stick on back ground. the rock wall would be ceramic media stuck on egg crate, but the blue stick on appeals too!

can any put up any pics of their ank with blue/black/ or rock wall back grounds?

 

[ben1987]

i always just pain my tank back black. Although i really like expanding foam backgrounds or BigC's

 

[BigC]

Make your own with Snowcrete.

 

[lyotim88]

with the rockwall you'll lose water volume. I like blue personally

 

[seffieuk]

Must admit I like a rock wall best of all

Seffie x

 

[Underwurlde]

black - nothing therefore to distract from what's IN the tank....


Andy

 

[BigC]

Forgive me guys.
I only suggested a decorama to enhance the tank rather than the norm Black n Blue brigade.
By doing or making a decorama you can hide all those nasty looking but essential electrical boxes which in my mind detract from the overall picture you are trying to create.
To me there is nothing worse than a flat backed painted background an a blooming multitude of brick shaped Tunze pumps or otherwise straped to the panes spoiling what essentially could be a stunning example of a living reef.
This is why I chose to go with something a bit different, loosing volume is a fair comment but my next tank will loose even more volume/space but I will factor that in to the build.
Regards
BigC

 

[Underwurlde]

Forgive me guys.

No need!

These are after all, just personal preferences from each poster....I would never wish to impose my ideas for looks on others, just suggestions.

Andy

 

[kj23502]

From all the tanks I've looked at, I like the clean black backgrounds the most(no coralline). I feel this style makes the coral and fish "pop". So...I've painted my tank black

Now I'll see if I can/will keep up on coralline scraping

Kj

 

[Truck]

thanks for your suggestions, i may just go plain because of cost cutting etc. but if people could get pics up that would be great!

 

[stang1]

This is a pic of my old marine tank with a blue background:

 

[Truck]

looks nice, im inclined to go with a blue back ground

 

[stang1]

Blue did look good but if I do set one up again, I am tempted to go for a black background.

 

[kj23502]

That was a nice tank stang1

 

[stang1]

That was a nice tank stang1

Thanks kj.
I'd forgot how much I enjoyed marine, so looks like we're going to be setting one up again!