Mike&Terry
Wrasses, Angels, & Tangs, Oh My!
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Yes!
Hahahahahhahaha:tongue:
Although I do have a little rainboish BTA in the frag tank that would look great in there.
Mike and Terry .. this is one for the TOTM contest ... all you need in there I think is a yellow fish to add a little more color but that is just my opinion ...
Darker substrate is nice indeed but it makes seeing detritus on it a little more difficult IMO but then with a good CUC there really should not be any or not much of it ... but yes the dark ones look real niceAre you guys still liking that darker substrate? I love this tank!
Darker substrate is nice indeed but it makes seeing detritus on it a little more difficult IMO but then with a good CUC there really should not be any or not much of it ... but yes the dark ones look real nice
Yes that makes sense ... but a mix of some dark and some creamy/white can overcome that issue I think.My semi-OCD won't allow me dark substrate for this very reason! :lol:
But then it will always look like detritus is in the tank! I think I am just weird. :lol:
I do the same, and sorry MT for hijacking this thread! :O
Mike and Terry .. this is one for the TOTM contest ... all you need in there I think is a yellow fish to add a little more color but that is just my opinion ...
Are you guys still liking that darker substrate? I love this tank!
Darker substrate is nice indeed but it makes seeing detritus on it a little more difficult IMO but then with a good CUC there really should not be any or not much of it ... but yes the dark ones look real nice
My semi-OCD won't allow me dark substrate for this very reason! :lol:
Yes that makes sense ... but a mix of some dark and some creamy/white can overcome that issue I think.
But then it will always look like detritus is in the tank! I think I am just weird. :lol:
Not really, it's all a matter of personal preference just like what fish and corals we add ... everyone has their own likes and not-so-like (dislikes does not seem like the right word here). Black is nice though. Personally I use the sand color ... but I have very little of it as I am not really using the sand as additional bio filtration, just to cover the bottom up.
I do the same, and sorry MT for hijacking this thread! :O
Good for you and how much substrate one uses is a matter of personal preference too in most cases as I pointed out (now if you have sand digging Gobies then you will need more of a substate so they can dig a burrow, and Gobies are not the only ones that go in the sand, Jawfish for instance do too).
Thank you Albert and we'll take a look at our options for a yellow fish... Too bad the Yellow Tang and One Spot Foxface don't come in "dwarf" sizes, LOL.
No worries about hijacking and we do like the dark substrate. Ours has some white mixed in and we are very happy with it. In person, you don't really see detritus as the LED's are very blue. I have to adjust the white balance to knock back quite a bit of blue in my pics so that coral and fish colors are more realistic. When I do this, especially in shady areas, the substrate ends up taking on a reddish tint - which has more to do with my post processing skills (or lack there of) and less about detritus in the sand bed. As part of our cleanup crew, we keep nassarius, fighting conchs and a Tiger Tail sea cucumber and they do a fairly good job of keeping it clean.
-Terry