Starting over again........

firefightered · Jan 26, 2015

Alright guys and gals my tank sprung a leak for the 3rd time and I'm tired of fooling with the old tank so it is history. Don't worry I'm not a quiter. I am purchasing a new 75 gal on the 1st. I am going to let ya'll make a few decisions for me.
1. Sand or No Sand
2. If no sand than what color to paint the bottum.
3. Color for back of tank

I'll let ya'll decide and then take pics of the finished product.
Thanks,
Ed

bamareef · Jan 26, 2015

I like the look of sand and I would paint the back black. I did a blue once before, it looked cool. But i scrapped it off to put black on it to let the colors of the fish pop more. I perfer black. But over time coraline will cover it.

firefightered · Jan 26, 2015

bamareef said:
I like the look of sand and I would paint the back black. I did a blue once before, it looked cool. But i scrapped it off to put black on it to let the colors of the fish pop more. I perfer black. But over time coraline will cover it.

My other 75 had a black back. I am leaning towards black myself but am letting ya'll decide...

bamareef · Jan 26, 2015

Neon pink then

Fieryfrog · Jan 26, 2015

I have blue on my 125, and I wish it was black. My Blue/Green Chromis almost dissapear. It sucks. I use sand, because I like the look.

aslmx · Jan 26, 2015

Why another 75 instead of a 120? I wish I could go sand less but my wrasse would bump his head every time he went to bed. And definitely black on the back ground.

laytonp · Jan 26, 2015

I went no sand and used white cutting board/ star board for the bottom. Looks good when it's clean, nice and white. I used dark limo tint on the back rather than paint in case I wanted to change it at some point.

BattlestarGalaxia · Jan 26, 2015

bamareef said:
Neon pink then

Lol

jmarcink91 · Jan 26, 2015

bamareef said:
Neon pink then

Should have seen this coming firefightered! haha

I vote bare bottom. I just painted the bottoms of my tanks black with black back also. I am really liking it alot. The other option I would say is a textured tan bottom. I havent seen them in person, but I saw some online and it makes it look kinda like it has a sandbed.