Sand?

[celithemis]

Which do you think will bring out the natural color of my wild discus better, black or white? I'm not sure what to go with.

 

[HypeMan808]

I'd go with black..

But before you go with that, what color is your discus'?

 

[celithemis]

Natural brown; right now I just have heckel's but I'm also getting some green tefe and/or rio purus. I've only ever used gravel so I'm not sure which way to go with the sand color.

 

[BODYDUB]

Discus typically tend to display their color according to their surroundings. I'd go with white.......

 

[WILLIAM PALUMBO]

I use white sand in my wild Discus. They look better, and white sand is their natural habitat in the Amazon. I use white sand and LOTS of driftwood...just like in nature...Bill

 

[Larz]

Black! They live waters with a great deal of vegetation and debris on the bottom, plus black will give them a greater since of security, bring out their colors, and just looks better; IMO.

 

[hillbilly]

Discus typically tend to display their color according to their surroundings. I'd go with white.......

This is true, they will look darker with black sand.

 

[celithemis]

Thanks for the info! Still not sure, seems like there are some varied opinions, but I still have time to think about it.

 

[Deamonfish]

There is no way to increase a color of fish . not sand also . it just improve the visiblity of colour . for ex. if you choose black it darken colour and white lightens the colour . so whatever you choose , mind the contrast with colour of fish .