If you eliminate the plants keep the beer bottle and add a tire it could be a New Jersey Biotope.
Does Black Substrate make your cichlids look better?
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If you eliminate the plants keep the beer bottle and add a tire it could be a New Jersey Biotope.
Here's a good example of how a fish can change appearance over different colored substrate:
Male Cuban Cichlid over dark brown gravel:
You can see it brings out his black and slight copper coloration.
Same fish over white sand:
Brings out a lot more white with some violet coloration.
Male Cuban Cichlid over dark brown gravel:
You can see it brings out his black and slight copper coloration.
Same fish over white sand:
Brings out a lot more white with some violet coloration.
black substrates effect tend to darkens the fish. I personally like natural golden/reddish substrates since it looks cleaner and brings out vivid color from fish.
Darker is definitely better since most of my fish sparkle. When they darken up, the flecks of color are even more pronounced.
I've got black sand but in a 65g tall, worst idea ever because the light doesn;t reach the bottom so the fish are usually dark, blagh
Thanks! I think he looks better on white substrate because I love the contrast
I think my firemouth pair look a lot better on black substrate. Depends on the fish!
Baby dovii
Bare bottom to black gravel. I was amazed in the change, even brought out some blue which you cant see in the pictures.
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Bare bottom to black gravel. I was amazed in the change, even brought out some blue which you cant see in the pictures.
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