Best color substrate to make cichla colors pop?

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Jack Dempsey
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The title says it all pretty much. Sometimes my bass have amazing colors/patterns but most of the time they look washed out. Any advice? They seem to look better in the morning if that helps. Thanks!
 
My azuls looked great in a dark bottom an black back ground. I changed to sand an they bleached out a bit for a while. I just changed my settings on my led lights. Now they have way more color
 
isde02 said:
A light substrate and a dark background has always worked for me.
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Beautiful P bass man just love the first one!

Yeah same here. I have also used Black sand and it looks good to. You just want to avoid a really light subsrate and a light background together.
Subdued lighting will help also. With more of the color you wish to bring out a blue fish will look more blue under blue lighting. So something in the 10,000k or higher would bring out reds and blues. Lower K ratings will bring out yellows and greens. Natural Daylight falls around 6500K
 
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Either black background and white bottom or black background and black bottom.
 
Browning said:
My azuls looked great in a dark bottom an black back ground. I changed to sand an they bleached out a bit for a while. I just changed my settings on my led lights. Now they have way more color
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Sometimes it take while for them to get use to the change and then their colors will come around.
 
Currently I have pool filter sand and a black back. Maybe it's my light. Although sometimes they do look really impressive. Maybe I'm just being overly picky lol
 
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