White or Black Sand Please show me your tanks!!!!!

[fireman36701]

I prefer the lighter stuff it's easier to see the mess on the bottom therefore making it easier to clean...Here is my near complete setup.View attachment 883375

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[beerad555]

nice tanks

 

[decoy50]

I use white PFS & black background - I like the contrast. Alot of fish will darken up too much if everything is black - although midas would look pretty sweet in a setup like that.

@beerad555 - I'm not sure what kind of lighting you're using, but one thing I like about the black background - if you're using LED lighting, you can see the beams of light from each LED bulb pass through the water. Looks like sunlight passing through tree branches. It was an unexpected thing when I saw it and I'm really digging the look.

 

[DJZ]

Tank with black background

 

[Dial92]

both separated and then mixed together

 

[TheBigB]

Here is a few shots of my tanks. The first picture is my 135 and the last two are my 120. I am using Black Diamond sand blasting sand in both tanks.

 

[Curtis Rouse]

Here's my white sand in my 55g. It's a pain. Want to swap it out for pfs

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[beerad555]

Thats cool, I guess now I will be getting new lighting also. I currently am using the old original fluoresent lights and I was thinking about getting LED w the blue option I also could use some advice on that too, Thanks

I use white PFS & black background - I like the contrast. Alot of fish will darken up too much if everything is black - although midas would look pretty sweet in a setup like that.

@beerad555 - I'm not sure what kind of lighting you're using, but one thing I like about the black background - if you're using LED lighting, you can see the beams of light from each LED bulb pass through the water. Looks like sunlight passing through tree branches. It was an unexpected thing when I saw it and I'm really digging the look.

 

[beerad555]

Man awesome tanks. Is black diamond expensive, and where can you get it?

Here is a few shots of my tanks. The first picture is my 135 and the last two are my 120. I am using Black Diamond sand blasting sand in both tanks.

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[beerad555]

what is the difference in sand and pfs?

Here's my white sand in my 55g. It's a pain. Want to swap it out for pfs

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