What kind of background for a planted tank?

[wood]

I'm going to have to agree with everyone else here and say that Black is a better color for a background.

 

[Yuri De Lima]

black, blue, green ,etc etc...i have tried all that before. instead of painting the background, u could use one of those foam background, or better still use oak skin which is rather expensive.

Thanks

Nice picture, i do enjoy when people post their tanks pictures.

 

[gkeren]

I prefer a mirror, makes the tank look bigger than it is, no matter what size.

-just hope the fish don't run into the side, hehe.

 

[NotGumbel]

The least attractive tank background I've seen lately IMHO was one that had pictures of fish in among the plants.

 

[Ms.Bubbles]

in this setup i used root shape foam for background as u could see on the water line.

Root shape foam?

 

[moorishidol]

www.thenaturefactory.com They have excellent backgrounds!

 

[Gumby131]

a black one would look good i think

 

[aquarob]

Personally I think the blue takes away from the fish' color. I would go for black. This project looks really cool though and I'm planning on doing it with the black behind it:
Grotto

I would hate to have to clean that thing....

As far as backgrounds go, i usually use jet black posterboard, have it lamenated at the Office Depot for a couple bucks, and then double-stick tape it to the back of my tanks. Looks good, easy to take off if you need to, etc. Oh, and black > blue imho, just looks neater.