Hulver's site || Comments || Do you know the muffin man?

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.
---------
if de-virgination results in me being able to birth hammerhead sharks, SIGN ME UP!!! --misslake
[ Parent ]

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.

[ Parent ]

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.
---------
if de-virgination results in me being able to birth hammerhead sharks, SIGN ME UP!!! --misslake
[ Parent ]

: 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.

[ Parent ]