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View Poll Results: What color
White 7 13.46%
Black 23 44.23%
Natural (Tans) 22 42.31%
Other 0 0%
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:26 PM   #1
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Post what color of gravel/sand=best


Just want to see what everyone favorite colors would be I have seen couple in white and black thought they looked cool. What your choice of color that you think looks best?

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Old 11-06-2009, 10:30 PM   #2
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i've always done natural-colored gravel but i just set up my 75 gal with black gravel and it looks different and cool.



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Old 11-06-2009, 10:33 PM   #3
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love color black



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Old 11-06-2009, 10:36 PM   #4
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black is my fav., white looks great in tanks, but seems to wash the fish color out some.
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:39 PM   #5
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natural all the way!
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:44 PM   #6
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Depends on the fish and the rest of the decor. White sand/gravel looks great when there's some rocks and maybe a piece of driftwood but not a lot of plants for a "beach" look. Brown gravel/sand looks great with driftwood and plants for a "forest" look. Black gravel/sand is great to make your fishes' colors pop.

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Old 11-06-2009, 10:56 PM   #7
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once u go black....well you know the rest



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Old 11-06-2009, 11:15 PM   #8
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If you do black you are going to need some decent lights (assuming you have a black background). White substrate reflects more light and brightens the tank because of it. Natural is a happy medium and is what I prefer. I have tanks with all three substrate colors/types.



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Black sand is actually very pimped out.. but i have had bad experience with sand.. i have since stayed away from it....



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Old 11-07-2009, 2:20 PM   #10
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I find it really depends on what's in the tank, just like Reyairia said. I went with naturally coloured PFS and couldn't be happier.

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