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whats your background

  • picture

    Votes: 4 16.7%
  • colour (blue/black/other)

    Votes: 14 58.3%
  • 3d background

    Votes: 1 4.2%
  • live wall (moss wall/other)

    Votes: 4 16.7%
  • plain/nothing

    Votes: 9 37.5%

  • Total voters
    24

keenfish

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berkshire, england
have you got a fancy picture(pics), a 3d one (pics?), a live one (ie moss wall), a coloured one (blue, black or other) or plain? and why?
 
At the minute I don't have one. I feel the pictures can look very tacky. 3D backgrounds look great however they are expensive and take up valuable space in the tank. I would like to get something at some point but undecided yet.
 
I have noticed my favorite tanks have a dark color background. My father-in-law's tank has a busy background, along with brightly colored decoration. With a black/blue background you're eyes go straight for the fish. Just my personal taste. To each their own. :) Mines dark blue.
 
Let's see:

40g: black painted

2x115g and 80g: used burlap material, velcroed to back of tanks. Gives nice a textured look

120g: we have a bamboo shade to put behind it, just haven't done it yet.

2x55g, 20long, 29g, 10g: generic background bought at petstore

36hex: no background, not needed.
 
I used to have the picture background but didn't like it. I now use black plastic. In any case, I don't like looking through the tank and seeing filters & wires.
 
I painted my 30 gal with a stonework effect and a Celtic knotwork tree of life design and some knotwork vines. Took a few weeks for all the layers for the stone effect.
 
keenfish said:
that is very cool

Thanks! I somehow pulled some artistic talent out of nowhere! Printed the images out, taped them to the inside and used that as a guide painting on the back. Fairly easy.
 
I have slate roof tiles brilliant because they can be cut to any shape
 
I have picture backgrounds right now but really want to make my own 3-d background. I am just nervous about doing it right. If it doesn't turn out I will go with gold or black backgrounds because I think the solid colors really enhance the fish!
 
daniel1987 said:
I have slate roof tiles brilliant because they can be cut to any shape

That's a good idea how did you fix in place?

Is it true that black/dark backgrounds enhance the fishes colour?
 
Wilkes said:
That's a good idea how did you fix in place?

Is it true that black/dark backgrounds enhance the fishes colour?

Just used aquarium safe adhesive and yes I find dark backgrounds help bring out the colour I was lucky enough to be on holiday and behind the cottage I was staying in was packs of large slate tiles so I thought I will have a few of them lol
 
daniel1987 said:
Just used aquarium safe adhesive and yes I find dark backgrounds help bring out the colour I was lucky enough to be on holiday and behind the cottage I was staying in was packs of large slate tiles so I thought I will have a few of them lol

I have been looking at the roofs of houses to see if any have fallen off haha. Do you have any pictures?
 
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I don't know how much you can see I have a wall of ocean rock in there
 
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