been shoping around for tanks. looked at the 65 gallon like i wanted to get. aslo looked at some bow fronts and corners. then i went onto myreefcreations.com and seen there cube tanks.. they are made otu of acrylic. not to sure about acrylic for a main display. so need some advice on that. but i do like the 36x36x24 cube tank. get alot of depth for aquascaping make some great caves with that much depth. wanted to have the over flow external. and have 4 tunze built in. insted of a closed loop.
new tank ideas
- Thread starter MPISCIOTTI
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- Forest Hills
show us where u will put the tank n how much room avail. that will help.
i hear lots of regrets on acylic 4 displays.
i hear lots of regrets on acylic 4 displays.
- Location
- Forest Hills
if its against a wall, i would get a half circle tank.
if in corner, what else, ...corner tank.
if in middle, a circle tank.
if room divider, i would get a half side round off corner tank.
if in corner, what else, ...corner tank.
if in middle, a circle tank.
if room divider, i would get a half side round off corner tank.
I hate, and thats a strong word I rarely use in this hobby, tanks with any type of curved glass. It creates a magnifying effect as you move your eyes across the tank. Not only does this create some distortion, but if your looking closely it forces your eyes to constantly refocus which gives me a headache after awhile. If I was you, I would go look at people with bowfronts and half rounds, and really look at them for awhile before I purchased one.
As to acrylic, I have never owned one but hear lots of stories about how easy they are to scratch. In my pursuing of the various boards I think people who buy acrylic, often do so because of weight issues on very large tanks.
As to acrylic, I have never owned one but hear lots of stories about how easy they are to scratch. In my pursuing of the various boards I think people who buy acrylic, often do so because of weight issues on very large tanks.
- Location
- Forest Hills
i have a bow front corner n its true on the magnifying effect(maybe about 5-10%). but i donno bout the "constantly refocus " part. i haven't experience any of that.
That's why i think that you need to really spend time looking at one. It drives me nuts, then again my eyes tire very easily and I have some trouble focusing on items that are close to me.
- Location
- poughquag, ny
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love those dimensions, thats actually what i planned for my next tank, give's enough width as well as depth to aquascape how ever you want
love those dimensions, thats actually what i planned for my next tank, give's enough width as well as depth to aquascape how ever you want
that is why i picked a cube bcause of the depth. as far as bow tanks i use to have a 46 gallon bow in my bedroom. was not crazy about it did not like the way the corals looked from the bow. now i have to fiqure out what lighting to put on the tank.
- Location
- Westbury L.i
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