colors/design

I'm thinking of making a nice banner to use on all the pages that will incorporate one or two saulosi in with the title 'pseudotropheus saulosi' or 'ps. saulosi.' I thinking of a dark blue or black banner that might have another, much thinner horizontal stripe(s) running through it. Probably will try and evoke the colors of the fish, so black, dark blue, light blue, maybe a bit of yellow.

Background color will be something complimentary, neutral, and light...maybe a very light blue. text likely black or very dark blue. Links will be lighter blue, maybe have them turn yellow once visited if it doesn't look bad.

Tempted to use black background after reading this despite the accessibility issues:
http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/08/history-in-january-2007-mark-ontkush.html

Will also use a side-menu, not sure if it will be on the right or left side with links to the other pages. Bottom will have discrete links/labels-of the dull stuff like date, name, sitemap, home, back to top, etc.

For contents I'm thinking:

homepage: nice photos and an introduction to the fish in general, my tank, purpose of site.
other pages: -about my specific fish
-more specifics about the species, detailed rundown, where they come from in nature, how they were discovered
-about my tank, pictures, how I set it up, equipment used
-maybe have my tank diary here, too.

-either a dedicated photo page or photos throughout, or a mix...ie, a dedicated page with lots of well-organized photos and some other throughout as needed