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i can't wait by LilFlightTest (2.00 / 0) #15 Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 12:16:44 AM EST

we've got a house now...which means we have room for the big tank we want. we have to be able to afford it first, but we have the room and the long term living arrangements. we want something with a lot of surface area, doesn't have to be tall, just fairly long and wide. my loaches are getting a little big for their 36 now (i never thought i'd have loaches bigger than 6 inches!!!), and i'd love to get them something that'd let them grow as much as they can.
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if de-virgination results in me being able to birth hammerhead sharks, SIGN ME UP!!! --misslake

It's all about the depth. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #17 Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 09:38:39 PM EST

And by that, I mean back to front, not top to bottom. If I had the room, my tanks would be square on the bottom, or maybe even deeper front to back than side to side. I love deep tanks.

But Mrs. NFB has given complete consent that if we ever win the lottery, I get my fish room. No, not a room of tanks. A single tank, with a sitting area in the middle. Insane? Yes. It's a good thing our chances of winning the lottery are rather slim, seeing as how we play one set of numbers forever and ever.

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definitely by LilFlightTest (2.00 / 0) #18 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 12:06:34 AM EST

i'm not entirely sure if i'm comfortable with not being able to reach the back of my tank...but i think i'd live. they make long nets and other arm extending devices. but i want mister pleco to have enough room, too. he's the coolest pleco i've ever had (a pleco that doesn't struggle when you take him out of water to move him because he knows you'll put him back? a pleco that comes up to receive flakes with everyone else?) and i want to keep him instead of having to get rid of him if he's too big.
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if de-virgination results in me being able to birth hammerhead sharks, SIGN ME UP!!! --misslake
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Coolest tank I ever saw. . . by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #22 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 09:40:47 AM EST

was a 4' square bottom that was two foot tall. You could walk all the way around the outside of it, so you were never more than two feet from the center. The overflow was built into the middle of the tank, and the return jets kept all water flowing in the same direction making a gentle but noticeable flow around the tank. It was set up as an amazonian biotope.

If you have a big enough room, stick the tank in the center. Easy access on all sides. If not, make heavy-duty supports above you can lay on. I've seen it done both ways, but absolutely fell in love with the center-of-room tank.

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technically by LilFlightTest (2.00 / 0) #23 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 10:47:28 PM EST

you'd be more than 2 feet from center if you stood at the corner...and i don't know why that's the first thing i thought of.

i like the 40 i have now, and want another like it, only on a larger scale. i have sword plants aplenty in there, and i want another breeding pair of angels.
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if de-virgination results in me being able to birth hammerhead sharks, SIGN ME UP!!! --misslake
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: I'm not clear headed enough. . . by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #24 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 10:52:03 PM EST

to piece together the geometry, but top corner to bottom inside middle would be the furthest you'd have to reach. Meh. Not that I'll ever have the room for that anyway.

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hex tanks by houser2112 (2.00 / 0) #20 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 08:48:07 AM EST

I've never seen a square-bottomed tank, but my father had a 45gal hexagonal tank that was pretty nice. They're a good way to have a big tank if you don't have much wall available to put a rectangular tank against.

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: The corners and the rounds. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #21 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 09:38:28 AM EST

I really like the newer corner tanks and the large cylinder tanks they're making now. Best volume to area ratio of any tanks available. And all you need is a little corner somewhere to put them.

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