Favorite tank background color

[LBC]

and why(if you care to share)?

I disliked my 90gal back in the day, had a black background And my acrylic tank that has a black back, reminds me of that.

Never again. I've had royal blue/indigo color, but find it too dark personally, although looks grrreat with dark purple corallines and creates the deepest effect.

Although, what I like best, is using a TEAL paint best. It looks aquamarine/greenish in day & warm light but under actinics & 14/20K it emits the nicest shades of what I'd describe as a 'white neon blue' color.

What about you guys? Anyone paint their back red, yellow, orange, white, pink??

 

[jackson6745]

Mine is black, the same color of my overflow. Here is a black vs blue thread

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/153051-background-black-blue.html

 

[usctom]

black is my fav.

 

[MIKE NY]

In any of my tanks it never really mattered becauase the view was covered with rocks, corals and over grown with coralline anyway....some where under all that my current tank is blue....

 

[edd]

i like aqua blue, but i think I'm gonna go with black on the new tank, i think with blue the over flows and tunzes will stick out. like mike said it will be covered in coralline soon.

 

[bkstang]

Black. With some blue light it doesn't look so black it's look deep , dark blue anyway.