Oyama paper - do you paste the sides of the tank? Why and why not?

foxh0und

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So I have read that there is a direct relation between how the color and shine of your arowana is affected by the color of the tank.
Eg. Red arowana should go with black/blue color and Gold should go with white bg color during juvenile period to push up the shine (and transfer to black tank at adult).

My question - is it necessary to paste the sides of the tank as well? What are it's pros and cons?

In my opinion (pure logic, no experiment):
PROs
- More oyama pasted equates to faster/more efficient effect on the arowana. (3 sides beat 1 side right? :)).
- Makes tank whiter/darker in terms of lighting and visibility

CONs
- makes your tank looks like a box.. you can only view the arowana from the front
- makes any algae in the tank really obvious

Thoughts? Pls share below! :p
 
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