Any idea's for backgrounds?

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qprneil

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Have you got any idea's what sort of background i could use for the back of my tank? At the minute my room is a pale green and it just looks so boring looking through the tank. I want to jazz it up a bit. I have got 6 glowlight tetra's and i know that a black background would show them off a treat but would it make the other fish (i.e Angel, guppies, gourami's, ruby shark) look dull?
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You can let algae grow over the back of the glass...that would look natural. add CORK to the back of the tank. you can use SLATE or wood.......
 
Right now I'm running a black background, in my opinion it brings out the character in any fish unless they're completely black of course. Like yourself I have a ruby shark along with clown loaches some tetras and white clouds, it brings attention to the fish. Took some getting used to though.
 
I use a black background too. I t shows off the fish colours very nicely. Rather than paint or glue a black background on, I used a piece of black cloth , attached by velcro strips at each corner of my 125 gal community tank. I don't clean algae from the back surface, and it looks very natural and shows the fish very well.

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Try a Black background AND a bubblewall full of bubbles...sure looks nice.,..
 
I really enjoyed an article posted in www.duboisi.com . It's under "do it yourself projects", and titled "rock background with caves". It's a great step-by-step, and even though it's not ideal for angelfish, you could get some great ideas, like me!
 
I hang black cloth on the back and sides and then print pictures of rocks and plants to use.You will be amazed to see how much depth you can create by not putting the pics flat on the tank glass. Friends say my tanks look really deep! You can make caves and....well anything!
 
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