Hey guys as some of you know I am setting up my 220 gal and wanted your opinions on the sand color. The back and right side of the tank are painted black (its in a corner) and I was wondering if it would look to dark if I put black sand in. The other alternative in PFS. Does anyone have pics of a tank with both black background and black sand?? And does anyone have a really good source for the black sand??
Black Background and Black Sand???
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It depends what kind of fish you will put in there. I used to have black sand/black background but if you don't have the lights on (even in the day) it looks really dark -- too dark IMO. If you have fish that prefer dark environments like bichirs or datnoids, then they will like the black sand/background. And made my dats colors better too.
Id rather go with PFS though and either a black or blue background would look nice with that.
Id rather go with PFS though and either a black or blue background would look nice with that.
Hello; I have done black quartz gravel a few times and it is my favorite substrate. I have not done a black background at the same time however. The dark substrate seems to encourage fish to display much darker shades and colors and to me they look much better.
I am thinking the tank will be a few peacock bass for growing out, a bichir, possibly a small ray, and a few various SA cichlids to fill up room. The tank will be aquascaped with driftwood to make it look like a mangrove enviroment and maybe a plant or two to breack up the color. Does anybody have a good source for the black sand?
I don't think I'll be able to dig up a pic, but my old setup was black fluorite sand on a black painted background. It looks way too dark, unless your fish is super colorful I would just go with the PFS. I have light sand on black background now, and I think it looks a whole lot better IMO.
makes lighter colored fish go darker, its like a camo nature that comes with the fish. The darker colored fish would just look so dark. However for some fish its going to make the intense color pop out. Its really 50/50 on what fish stock youre gonna to have.
Some people do paint their bottoms black/back black and vice versa with different colors not just using sand for barebottom tanks which I'm not fan of myself
Some people do paint their bottoms black/back black and vice versa with different colors not just using sand for barebottom tanks which I'm not fan of myself
I had this combo, the tank was very dark hard to see anything inside without the lights on. I switched to a more natural colored sand and I like it a lot better