Black Sand's effect on bichirs?

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gazelle

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I realize that I can just google it but can I see some first hand pics of black sands effect on the color of bichifrs? I'm changing my gravel out to accomodate them better and just want a sneak peak at whats to come
 
thats cool i kind of think dark gary sens look better. what about wc sens you know? will they be like dark green?
 
gazelle;4119355;4119355 said:
thats cool i kind of think dark gary sens look better. what about wc sens you know? will they be like dark green?
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were did or are you to going the black sand
i want some for my bichirs too
 
gazelle;4119333; said:
I realize that I can just google it but can I see some first hand pics of black sands effect on the color of bichifrs? I'm changing my gravel out to accomodate them better and just want a sneak peak at whats to come
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Black gravel darkens the bichirs' colors as a whole. My lapradei darken quite a lot in an all-sided black tank, but its contrast dropped.
 
Tendou Souji;4119657; said:
Black gravel darkens the bichirs' colors as a whole. My lapradei darken quite a lot in an all-sided black tank, but its contrast dropped.
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sooooooo with black sand i shouldnt do black sides?
 
the whole bichir will darken, patterns and base colors, so it'll lose most of the contrast. with black sand AND black sides, the effect will be more drastic, and they'll probably end up looking like charcoal haha
 
i wouldnt use all black. like what hao and kingel does, use a mix of dif colors of sand. they seem to like the combo of black, red and tan i think. and their bichirs look really good. IME i now use slate tile, which is black, red, gold and some green, my sen darkened up, my ornate became darker, and my lap got darker and his pattern became more defined. still waiting to see what will happen with the endli i got two days ago.
 
Black sand and background
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