What color?

[michelle]

I am going to spray paint the back of my 72 gallon when I get it. I have been trying to decide between blue and black. I was also wondering about maybe a blue/green or marine color...any opinions? has anyone ever tried a color other then black or blue?
I like the "rich" look of the black, but the stand and canopy is black, and I don't want it to bee too dark. I like the bright blue, but wonder if I would get bored of it.


ok, so here is is a quick poll
Blue, Black or OTHER (please specify)

 

[dustin_P74]

i have a black stand and canopy with a black background and it looks fine, i like the black background

 

[yote]

Black tends to make the colors of the fish and coral look brighter(at least IMO).

 

[Piggy]

I like black backgrounds.

 

[hoopsdaddy]

Just set up my first tank with a black background and I love it.

 

[michelle]

thanks for the opinions so far!

 

[Altohombre]

I always thought I wanted a black background but upon my girlfriend and roommates suggestion I went a cool blue color and I couldn't be more happy. I don't think black looks natural no matter how much the corals stand out next to it. Trust me they stand out next to a darkish blue color too.

 

[Ryan]

I had dark blue but now I have black. As Yote stated it makes the color pop out more.

 

[Bifferwine]

I have a black stand and black background. I switched to black after having blue on my old 55. Since I have had both, I can say I like black better. Much more POP to the colors.

 

[daugherty]

i like black it makes every thing stand out more

 

[cthegame]

I have dark blue

 

[hibye]

blue looks to petstorish,lol i made my own word ,

 

[imdaring]

I also have black and I do like it the best

 

[simpleman]

Doesn't matter, it will get covered with coralline either way.

 

[dustin_P74]

thats true but that takes time so you might as well paint it something you can stand to look at everyday for about a year or so

 

[jcegt87]

was thinking about putting a mirror behind me tank wonder what hat would look like

Bit I had black

 

[michelle]

was thinking about putting a mirror behind me tank wonder what hat would look like

Bit I had black

I really wanted to do that, i thought it would look great, but then i thought that it may drive some fish that don't like conspecifics crazy...but if you do it, lemme know how it works out!

 

[yote]

I used to use a mirror to run my foxface back from the seaweed clip so I could feed him.He'd see his reflection and dive into the rocks and go camo.

 

[defcon235]

i'm a big fan of the black background just because it makes everything pop....until its all purple anyway..

 

[michelle]

So I went with black...and chipped the paint with my filter already...typical