What do you use for background?

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Do you paint the back of your tank black? Or use the pin-up poster type thing? Or what?

I've been using the poster things but just read at skepticalaquarist.com that that is tacky. :confused:

THANKS! :)
 
I cut a peice of blue poster board, and taped it behind mine. Gives it a nice natural look, and a nice color for the fish to stand out against.
 
I painted the back of mine. IMO the poster thing is only tacky if YOU think it's tacky. Don't let other people push you around about how you decorate your tank, unless they can prove that it would cause damage to your fish. This would be a very boring hobby if everybody had the same taste in tank decor.

I prefer paint, but you do what you think looks best.
 
I had never heard of this until just recently, and I already have my tank in the set up process, and it would be difficult to move around in order to paint it. I guess I'll just go with the backgrounds. IMHO, I would rather use just the plain blue backgrounds. If you want to see plants and things, you should plant them, not paste them on the back of the aquarium. But like I said, that's just my opinion...;)
 
Does anyone have a picture that shows how a black painted tank looks?

I guess you're stuck with posters if the tank is all set up, huh?

I didn't really like the plant-poster I inherited with the tank, so I keep an all blue one back there, with just some subtle statuary thing going on. But I do think the pictures are a little distracting.

Thanks!
 
Even Wal Mart sells posters that are solid black or blue on one side, with plants on the other side. They don't look too bad... I use a plant background just so the tank doesnt look so empty.
 
A lot of the backgrounds you can get at a LFS are printed on both sides - sometimes with solid blue or black. I've got one on my tank with the black side out - looks pretty good and is easier to install on a tank that's already been set up than painting.
I'll try and take some pics this evening.
 
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