I know that mirror back tanks are NFG (no freakin' good) for most marine fish, but what about a slighlty reflective background?
I set up all the stuff from my old 55 in a new 75 in my new house. It all made it and looks ok....but the new house is COLD...and I now have to pay for heat so I dont want to crank the temps in the whole house just for the fish.
In an effort to avoid getting a heater I slapped some foam board insulation under the tank and used some on the back as well.
It didnt look too bad back there and it is reflecting alot of light back in, so I was considering keeping it there.
The stuff is a little metallic and slighly mirror like on one side.
So far the only fish that appears be interested in fighting his own fuzzy reflection is the percula, and I can't be sure he's not just swimming in that area because he likes the current.
There's a flame angel , hippo and yellow tangs, percula, flame hawk, yellow goby thing, and a strawberry psuedo in this 75.
As you may be able to see, the stuff is kind of like the dull side of aluminum foil....it doesn't look good in this picture......hmmm....maybe I wont keep it.
I set up all the stuff from my old 55 in a new 75 in my new house. It all made it and looks ok....but the new house is COLD...and I now have to pay for heat so I dont want to crank the temps in the whole house just for the fish.
In an effort to avoid getting a heater I slapped some foam board insulation under the tank and used some on the back as well.
It didnt look too bad back there and it is reflecting alot of light back in, so I was considering keeping it there.
The stuff is a little metallic and slighly mirror like on one side.
So far the only fish that appears be interested in fighting his own fuzzy reflection is the percula, and I can't be sure he's not just swimming in that area because he likes the current.
There's a flame angel , hippo and yellow tangs, percula, flame hawk, yellow goby thing, and a strawberry psuedo in this 75.
As you may be able to see, the stuff is kind of like the dull side of aluminum foil....it doesn't look good in this picture......hmmm....maybe I wont keep it.