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Hi all, After seeing all the wonderful photos of tanks and fishes on the forum, I was wondering if any of you had suggestions about lighting or backgrounds (or whatever) that would make a wider and perhaps more natural palette of colors stand out (of both the goldfish and the plants, etc). In my tank, everything just seems to have a yellow cast, which I find unappealing. I have black Tahitian moon sand, this light with white fixtures, a 29-gallon tank, and some plants that are trying their very very best. I have a small piece of Mopani driftwood that I boiled for several hours (and soaked), but I think that things were looking kind of yellowish before I put that in. Would it help to put in some kind of laminate background? If so, which colors do you think set things off better? It seems, to my eye, that a slightly bluish cast (or cooler tone, I suppose) to the light sets off things quite handsomely. Would a blue bulb in addition to the white bulb help? Or would a blue bulb hurt the plant growth? I leave in some algae on the walls for BB and for my fish to suck on, but could this be why things are just not looking like the best color? Would it help to get some supplemental colored LEDs (although I don't know if I would have room to hang them over the tank--I am not sure if there is a way to "stick them" onto the back tank wall or something)? I might try putting in carbon once I'm done treating with Prazi and salt in a week to see if that helps, but that seems like a short-term solution to me. Thank you! Also, here is a recent picture of the tank, although it looks more yellowish in real life.
