Does the background and substrate color for flowerhorns need to be a light color? Does having a black background and darker substrate wash out the colors in them? What has worked best for you guys?
Background and substrate color
- Thread starter fishbum
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If I put my cichlids in a tank with a light colored substrate their colors tend to look dull and faded, and with a dark substrate they seem to darken up, and look nicer. This is with regular strains of cichlid like J.D or Blue Acara, but I don't see how it could be all that different with an F.H.
Need color bro... Black will darken your FH. Use anything colorful. Rainbow gravel is what I have in my bottoms and I use coral SW backgrounds...
blue background with red on the bottom was what i was told. but i mean any brighter colors will work i am sure.
Darkish brown natural gravel with navy blue background. I swap from navy blue to blood red from time to time for a change. My lighting is a normal T5 with blue chux underneith it, seems to make pearls pop and to make it more suttle.