Gravel and decor choice

[Fish-Addict]

Please congratulate me on finaly persauading my parents to let me have my third tank!

The tank will have hillstream loaches in and I wondered whether the colour of gravel will matter. In my other two tanks the gravel is either natural coloured or light coloured sand. I was wondering if i could maybe go with bright red or blue gravel/sand or something like that to make a change?

Do the fish care about the colour?

 

[AquaGem]

Cangrats

BTW I kinda like colored gravel. Pick the opposite color of your fish and it'll bring out their color I used blue to bring out my gold snails (RIP)

 

[gmh]

The fish won't care.
Enjoy the new tank!

 

[Temeraire]

Darker substrates are usually preferred because it brings out the colors of many fish. Brightly colored gravel also looks ugly and tacky IMHO.

 

[LiamLiamLiam]

I use bright white gravel. I like it. It illuminates the tank nicely.

 

[bushwhacker]

the fish wont care but 2 weeks after you put it in the tank and decide you cant take it anymore...... its gonna be a lot harder to change

 

[Fish-Addict]

White - that sounds pretty cool. Also AquaGem, If i had red cherry shrimps witha blue gravel they would stand out quite a bit. that sounds cool too

 

[AquaGem]

Very cool. I also have bright decerations. I even have a glass bulb with a bunch of bubbles! Super cool. My snails looks so cute when they crawled on it. Needless to say I don't really go with the "natural" look. It may be tacky to some, but I like it cherry shrimp with blue gravel would look HAWT!!!

PS. Did you get my friend request?!

 

[Fish-Addict]

the fish wont care but 2 weeks after you put it in the tank and decide you cant take it anymore...... its gonna be a lot harder to change

I've changed gravel more times than you think It's easier than you think :evil_lol:

 

[Notophthalmus]

Some fish show strong color changes based on substrate color. I don't know about hillstreams, but I have some seminole killifish in a tank with white gravel; they are almost colorless. In a planted, dark substrate tank they have strong patterns.