Poll - Reef Background Color

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Madmak

I've always experienced that if the background material wasn't adhered to the glass it looked crappy. Is this not the case with black maybe? I do like the idea of a removable background because I will have full open access to the tank from behind, which doesn't help much if you can't see anything.

My wife sewed the velcro for me. That coupled with the industrial strength tape allows me to pull it taught. It's attached to the black frame on all 4 corners. From the front you can't tell it's not painted.
I had the same idea on my 125g FW and it makes for easy algae magnet access.

[gregzz4]

As for a color opinion, I too like the look of light blue for depth but am going with black for now because of the black overflow.
Maybe down the road when the box is covered in algae I'll try blue. Cheap enough to try
Word of warning with this idea though;
Don't splash water on the back glass unless you can reach back there to clean it! I ended up with streaks on the 125g and couldn't clean it. It stood out badly against the black.

[Mike-fish]

none, black, black. the two blacks are all in one systems (biocube rsm)

[Lampshade]

you can also use car tinting. I'm going to be putting it on my DT soon so that you cannot see through the tank from the front, but from the back you will be able to see into the tank, although it will be tinted.

[Madmak]

Originally Posted by Lampshade

you can also use car tinting. I'm going to be putting it on my DT soon so that you cannot see through the tank from the front, but from the back you will be able to see into the tank, although it will be tinted.

I might give this a try on the sides and leave the back blue for now. This might work really well on an in-wall.