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	CATCHY GRAVEL NEEDED!
Mustang00 Fingerling Posts: 43 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-Apr-2004	WHat would be a good gravel color -OR- gravel combination that would look good with a blue or black background and would look gould wiht a piece of driftwood, a green plant, and a red plant. Should also look good with mollys (not black) platies, swordtails, groumies.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
labrakitty Fish Addict Posts: 740 Kudos: 435 Votes: 9 Registered: 12-Nov-2004	I would get natural redish or dark brown or black.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
RAST Big Fish Posts: 437 Kudos: 162 Votes: 236 Registered: 07-Feb-2002	Yeh I would go natural as it will provide the best all round effect. If you go a light colour then the mollies won't stand out as much being of similar colour. Also if you go a colour for the gravel (green, blue, red) then it will not look natural. But if that is the look you are after then go for it. It is really what you want out of it. I prefer to stay natural or black. That usually works well with all fish unless they are black but not in this case. HTH.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Stay with a natural color gravel. You want the fish and plants to be the center of attention, not the gravel. Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	a Bright green, how ever i use a natural color gravel to bring out the fishes pure colors. but for a black background then green would make the tank stand out.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
LMuha Mega Fish Posts: 908 Kudos: 1144 Votes: 183 Registered: 17-Mar-2003	I have a natural dark brown gravel and a black background with driftwood and red and green silk plants in my two community tanks -- it looks great if I do say so myself, and shows the fish (platys, rainbowfish, etc.) off really well. I used to have a light-colored gravel in there, but it was competing with the fish. It looks much sharper since I swapped it out.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	I'd go with black (either natural black or black glass chips, not that coated stuff) or rich natural reds with NO WHITE chips. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	I like the idea of black gravel as well, I really think it would make your fish stand out ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
davetherave Hobbyist Posts: 112 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 12-May-2004	I would go with the natural look Currantly changing a coloured gravel because it looks grubby
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26


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