Background color

[Andy16]

Ok, today i bought a cynotilapia afra "red top".At the store its colors were amazing and now tehy are really dull. My background color is blue and on the otehr side is black. Right not im using blue. So will black bring out the colors in my fish?

[Anton Wernher]

The color of the fish is probably dull as a result of being moved to a new tank. Once the shock wears off it will probably color up. If however this is not the case the color is there ask the store what color light they used and buy the same thing.

[Andy16]

I have the actinic/dalight light. If you know what im talking about its like half bluish but also just white.

[vilhelm]

i agree whith anton,also: what other fish do you have in the tank?
most mbuna malawi ciklids(males) dont color up if they are not the dominant fish,for ex my auratus male hate my afra male,so i put him whith other fish and he show some nice coulor then.

[Andy16]

He is defiantly the dominant fish in my tank. He is almost 2 times bigger then any fish in the tank. He hasnt shown any aggresiveness yet tho. It has gotton some color back since yesterday. Ive noticed the farther away from the light and closer to my black gravel it gets the brighter his colors get.Also if it goes under a rock where there is no light and comes back out its colors are amazingly bright like teh darkness almost recharges his colors.

[125gJoe]

I think black backgrounds look good on most all aquariums.

[AikidoGuy]

i used ot use blue on mine whichh mad ethe tank look brighter and cleaner but i switched one day to black and i personaly thought it made the fish stand out far more. but its really personal preference. i also use the natual looking backgrounds on some of my tanks as well. but "I" do like the black the best.

[Andy16]

i think my desision is made on black then :) thanks guys/gals:)

[palehorse78]

what would be better for the fish black are a scencinc back ground