helo guys! went ranchu searching todae at pasir ris farms todae, could not fing a ranchus to my liking, either 2 big size if not no nice body shape...

so came home would like to find something to do to e tank first!, i want to paint the backgrouds of the tank, colour in mind is blue or black..... Which is better to show the goldfish colours better? pls let me hear some advice.

I tot white might be better? Just my opinion, dont think black is a good idea. I will go for blue if given only this 2 choices.

Black will look good with a powerful light. But blue looks good in both. Personal preference.

white? as in milky white? would'nt white make the goldfish appears wash out colour?

black is cool! but my lighting think at most is 2x 36 fl tubes for a 2.5ft by 1.5ft by 1.5ft tank.

actually i saw a black background tank with some white fish in it. Outstanding. But the lighting must be bright enough.

Another one which i feel quite outstanding is a frosted glass surounding except the viewing side. Think that should be a customized one.

Blue background bring out the natural color of the fish.

Anyone try using those silvery aluminium foil as background ?

True true. Maybe grey better? Under strong light, white will be very unsuitable

Blue give clarity to the fish outline and colour. the problem with blue is that it is not in syn with most of the colours of surrounding (yr furniture, wall colour) unless it is an outdoor tank.

as such black is better as if it is a cabinet tank, it looks as if there is depth to the wall and it syn well with furniture.

my 5 cents worth

Dont paint.Use stickers type.Easier to change colour in future.

why din i think of that !!! ARGH ... kokz me.

too bad my tank cannot use all these backgrounds. 3 side viewing leh. my live fish partition for hall and dinning area. only can envy others.

thanks bro for the advice... decided to try black for background colour.... will post some pics of my goldfish afew days later.

I presume you do not have black goldfish