Reef tank background black or blue?

[Pawel]

If you guys had a chance to start over again with your reef tank would you pick black or blue background?

 

[BradB]

Blue
Mine is black now


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[GugsJr]

I like my black background

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[jrosales91]

Black all the way

 

[goat585]

Black is my preference

 

[Sawdonkey]

I had black for years and on my recent build, I did blue....and love it. You have to keep the glass clean or it looks bad though. The fish really pop against the blue compared to the black.

 

[Pawel]

I had black for years and on my recent build, I did blue....and love it. You have to keep the glass clean or it looks bad though. The fish really pop against the blue compared to the black.

Do you have black or blue overflow. How does blue background look with black overflow.

 

[Sawdonkey]

Do you have black or blue overflow. How does blue background look with black overflow.

Good point. Obviously a black overflow will stick out more on blue. I have a glass holes slim overflow, so it’s not very-in-your-face.

 

[madjoe]

Black unless u want to clean the back of tank all the time to keep it looking good. Imo hard enough to keep the front and sides clean lol

 

[PilotMaximus]

I've done both and prefer the black. I didnt like cleaning the back wall everyday with blue. I used Sprayed on Black Plasti-Dip just in case I really didn't like it. The Plasti-Dip won't come off unless you want it to. However it will come off pretty easy if you do. I didnt choose paint because its relatively forever and I'm super indecisive. Plus if you screw up its a pain to unpaint. Black Plasti-Dip was a Win-Win for me.

 

[carpetreef75]

Once you go Black you never go back
Bryan

 

[mikenh77]

did black on one tank, the next blue, and then black again lol.

with the blue background the coral's colors pop less. black brings it out and IMO also seems to add a lot more depth.

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[ssky]

Black is my personal choice gives a deep water look and feel if you know what I mean. Blue looks fake

 

[ESH]

Black paint!

 

[pscheel]

Black. It just makes the colors pop more.

 

[Quicksilver]

I liked my old tank of having it all GSP, new tank is all black and it looks clean and is not disctracting.

 

[Spartanman22]

I was always a black background kinda guy, didn’t care for blue. But on my last larger setup I left it clear. Tank was a deep blue 80 with a corner overflow. I think without a background it added a sense of depth to the tank.

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