Tank background colors?

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I will be picking up my new 55 gallon this weekend and on this tank I will be painting my first background. Thanks to the posts on here I feel really comfortable tackling this!

I have seen post referring to different tank background colors like: electric blue, green, dark green, tan, dark brown, etc...

Has anyone painted their tank background other than the typical blue or black? If so, please post pictures of these tanks. A picture is worth a thousand words, (read I cannot visualize very well so I need the pictures) this would really help me decide if a colored background is right for me.

Thanks! :)
 
I dont really have any pics.. but here is a bit of what I know...

Blue- Gives the illusion that the water goes on forever, great for tanks with the illusion of a LARGE body of water

Black- Makes fish and plants "POP"

Green- Great for planted tanks.. gives the illusion that the plants keep going as far as the eye can see
 
7itanium said:
I dont really have any pics.. but here is a bit of what I know...

Blue- Gives the illusion that the water goes on forever, great for tanks with the illusion of a LARGE body of water

Black- Makes fish and plants "POP"

Green- Great for planted tanks.. gives the illusion that the plants keep going as far as the eye can see
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Thanks! :) That's what I have been reading. I am hoping that a few people will have pics. I just can't picture in my mind what it will look like!
 
Yes I would love to see pictures. All of my tanks have the back painted black.
 
I didn't know you could paint it another color besides black.

:lipssealedsmilie:

I would like to see some non-black painted tanks. I still have one tank that has a background on it.
 
Here's the one I'm working on. I was going for a silty river water effect, like some parts of the Amazon. I started with black, sprayed more solid toward the bottom, then lightly up a few inches. Then brown, over the black, and lighter as I went up. Did the same with a tan, an olive-like green, and a light blue-green. The final coat is the blue-green, and it is a solid coat from top to bottom, as the lighter color as the last coat makes the rest stand out. Theoretically (the housemate has a Masters in painting, and that's what he says). I liked it so much that when I redid the little 2.5 gal tank that I'd been trying to raise ghost shrimp in, I painted it the same way! The 2.5 has water in it, and it looks fantastic, especially now that the mopani driftwood in it is leeching some tannins into it. I'll see if I have any photos of that that I can put up for you.

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Another:
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And here's the nano. I'll get a closer picture later so you can see the gradient better. But right now I have to go back to bed - I've got a nasty headache on its way...
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Hope that helps to give you some ideas!
 
That first shot looks amazing, madfox. You blended everything so well.
 
See and I never even thought of painting the back of the tank.

I went to the craft store (Jo-Ann Fabrics), and bought a shimmery black material and some of that self-stick velcro. I sewed around the edges so it doesn't fray, and then put the velcro on the back of the tank (not on the glass, on the fake wood frame at the top of the tank), and on the fabric, and stuck it on. I take it off and toss it in the washing machine every once in a while if it gets dusty, but otherwise I really like it. Plus it's not permanent. So if I change my mind about what I want the tank to look like, I can remove the background and use something else.

JMO of course. :)
 
Thats a great idea rainbowcharmer, something I would have never thought of.
 
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