Pirahna Tank Wall Paper...

[PhillyXtreme]

Hello to any1 who reads this... I have a 55 gallon tank with 3 red belly pirahnas.. I have black gravel, live plants, and real drift wood... my question is i'm thinking about putting wall paper on the back of my tank and i would like to know if thats a good idea and if so which type of wall paper is best (ex.. planted background or rocks as a background) I appreciate any responses.. thx

 

[zenyoungkoh]

a wall paper that shows little bait fish

 

[jp80911]

it's really a personally taste. most people would probably say paint the background black or use a solid dark color wallpaper to help bring out the color of the fish

 

[bomber]

a wall paper that shows little bait fish

 

[boldtogether]

A background showing bacon....
JK. I'd probably go with black or a dark river motiv.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

i have black but if i ever switch tanks, i'm going with a light color, probably blue. All the red bellies i see with no background or blue background look a pretty silver color while mine are very dark

 

[arrow]

Def go with the black background either painted or the type you buy at your lfs.
Blue is nice also but IMO black is topps

 

[mhansen76]

I have an electric blue background brings the color out in my rbps

 

[Sanjo Eel]

I use black poly satin cloth from the fabric store fastened to the back of the tank with velcro. Total cost less that $5, it's easily removable and looks good too.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Debugabit
You can see ripples in the cloth on the left of the tank in the vid but I readjusted the cloth and it looks great now. Even better than a lfs bg because they are glossy and I don't like the double reflection it gives.
I do use the printed backgrounds with plants but I like solid colors more and more these days. I want to experiment with other colors like browns and greens.

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

I use black poly satin cloth from the fabric store fastened to the back of the tank with velcro. Total cost less that $5, it's easily removable and looks good too.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Debugabit
You can see ripples in the cloth on the left of the tank in the vid but I readjusted the cloth and it looks great now. Even better than a lfs bg because they are glossy and I don't like the double reflection it gives.
I do use the printed backgrounds with plants but I like solid colors more and more these days. I want to experiment with other colors like browns and greens.

it'd be interesting to see how the piranhas colors adjust to brown or green backgrounds. Good idea