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11-18-2004, 10:09 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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  |  tank background
hello everyone.
Ever since i got my tank (about 6 - 7 months ago) i didnt put a background on it. and recently i got tired of seeing all the wires and my skimmer (hang on back) and whatever else that was dangling back there so i decided to put a background on the back of the tank. My question is that the background i put on is black, is that ok?. its actually the back side of a background "poster" that you buy at any LFS. some have images on both side but i had one that had an image on one side and the back was black. I love the way it looks... it adds some depth to the tank being only 14" wide. So let me know if im making a mistake buy having a black background.
Thanks
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | 
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11-18-2004, 10:11 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: tank background
Heck no  As far as I'm concerned that's all personal preference. I was gonna go for a deep purple almost black color myself :-)
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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11-18-2004, 10:30 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Quezon City,
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 | Re: tank background
i'd also go for black or deep blue. for a new tank it is easier spray painted before setting up.
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I retired the reef for now. Maybe a nano or a softies tank in the future when I have both time and money. 60 gallon FOWLR in the meantime. My echidna nebulosa are still going strong! | |
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11-18-2004, 10:54 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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| Re: tank background
ok cool then... i just thought that black absorbs light so i wasnt sure... Thanks. | |
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11-19-2004, 11:05 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Apopka, FL Age: 28
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| Re: tank background
I use a black background and always have. *I always paint mine on because salt creep gets in between the tank and the back ground and looks like crap, so you will need to be able to wipe it down.
I am a little confused on how it would matter if the black back ground absorbs light? *Are you looking for reflection to grow corals behind the rock work?
Mike
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11-19-2004, 11:09 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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| Re: tank background
no not at all... i was just wondering thats all.... just in case there was a "reef tank rule" about black backgrounds. since black absorbs light. just my paranoid imagination i guess. | |
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11-19-2004, 11:12 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Apopka, FL Age: 28
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| Re: tank background
lol...no you will be fine. You can even use a blue back ground if you wish but black hides powerheads and overflow boxes better.
Mike | |
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11-19-2004, 11:13 AM
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| | Guest | Re: tank background
Do you need a special kind of paint? | |
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11-19-2004, 11:15 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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well the other side of the background paper is blue... but the black just looks allot cooler... JMO | |
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11-19-2004, 11:19 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Apopka, FL Age: 28
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| Re: tank background
Yep, I agree. Once coralline starts growing on the back, the black will definitely look better.
Mike | |
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