best colour bichir substrate
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Good topic. I've got a heap of that fine black [dark grey] stuff that I was going to use in my 160g, but I was looking at a friends tank on the weekend and it looks really good with white sand, but I don't want my big ornate to lose its colour because of light substrate. The LFS has a dark redish coloured sand that I was thinking of using, but I'm not really sure if I like it.
I've got just enough black sand to cover the bottom of the tank, but not enough to cause too much of an issue if I miss a water change one week. My ornate looks amazing, well, the black actually brings out colors in all the fish in that tank.... pics up after I'm done the water change I was supposed to do yesterday LOL
between white and black, i'd go with black. white can wash out colors.
but the best color varies for different bichirs. e.g. endli and laps do best on red substrate (if you don't mind the look). some species would do fine on either red or black. and for others it probably doesn't matter much, e.g. ornate.
but the best color varies for different bichirs. e.g. endli and laps do best on red substrate (if you don't mind the look). some species would do fine on either red or black. and for others it probably doesn't matter much, e.g. ornate.
And while we are at it paint the back of your tanks either black or drk.blue it helps brings out the color also as well as hiding all the junk behind the tank-Anne
Hello,
i would also prefer black! Hm ... i use black gravel in my big tank (where my lap, delhezis, pollis aund teugelsi are living). In the case of delhezi i can say that the colouration and the contrasts are boosted in a enormous way! After a few days i could see a fascinating difference ...
Some bichirs love the slower way - my teugelsi needed time and now his colouration is more vivid than any time before ... the black patterns are REALLY black!
In my smaller tank i have nearly white gravel (where my senegalus and weeksi are living). I think senegalus isn't that wonder of colouration (as every pic i saw told to me), weeksi is somewhat "strange" in colouration - the most weeksi i saw had amore greyish colouration on the back, mine is more brown/orange ... maybe a variation independent from the gravel.
Another fact: Bichirs really love the twilight, the black gravel helps dimming the light in a very natural way. For my opinion the bichirs seem to feel safe with the black gravel (also with the plants) - maybe a reason why my bichirs are growing very well.
Greetings
Uwe
i would also prefer black! Hm ... i use black gravel in my big tank (where my lap, delhezis, pollis aund teugelsi are living). In the case of delhezi i can say that the colouration and the contrasts are boosted in a enormous way! After a few days i could see a fascinating difference ...
Some bichirs love the slower way - my teugelsi needed time and now his colouration is more vivid than any time before ... the black patterns are REALLY black!
In my smaller tank i have nearly white gravel (where my senegalus and weeksi are living). I think senegalus isn't that wonder of colouration (as every pic i saw told to me), weeksi is somewhat "strange" in colouration - the most weeksi i saw had amore greyish colouration on the back, mine is more brown/orange ... maybe a variation independent from the gravel.
Another fact: Bichirs really love the twilight, the black gravel helps dimming the light in a very natural way. For my opinion the bichirs seem to feel safe with the black gravel (also with the plants) - maybe a reason why my bichirs are growing very well.
Greetings
Uwe
This is the reddish stuff I was thinking of using:
I bought a small bag today and I'm going to experiment mixing it with some of the black stuff to try to tone it down a little. I quite like it, but I'm just not sure enough to dump 40kg of it into my new 160g...
I bought a small bag today and I'm going to experiment mixing it with some of the black stuff to try to tone it down a little. I quite like it, but I'm just not sure enough to dump 40kg of it into my new 160g...
Yeah I think I'm going to go with black. Who makes a good black sand?
I want to put it into my 55 for now (to see if I like it)and later in about a month, my 125G tank.
I want to put it into my 55 for now (to see if I like it)and later in about a month, my 125G tank.
