Tank Design

[sharuq1]

Are you sure you want to drill in the bottom pane of the glass instead of the back?

[mark]

Some ideas here for hole placement and a 44T

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Phanman

too short as in she doesnt like the look of it or too short as in she is a tall women and doesnt like to hunch over?

if its the ladder you could always get a taller stand. Which would make it easier for maintaining the sump.

She doesn't like the look of it.. I think it's a matter of preportions, tall book cases squat tank etc.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by mark

Some ideas here for hole placement and a 44T

Holy Mother of all that is right with this world, is that a nice tank!

[untamed]

Geez, that is an impressive tank. I love that orange plumbing! hee..hee...

Back to topic at hand...I don't think you need 2" drains for your primary Herbies in each box. If your emergency drains are 1.5", then that is all you need for the primary drains as well.

1.5" will save you money on the gate valves you'll need. Plus, you don't ever want the situation where the primary drains (2") are carrying MORE water than the emergencies (1.5") could handle.

[Kronk]

Two 2" holes drilled for closed loop intakes

depending on your pumps you would have to reduce those a ton.

Instead of a really tall tank ever think of stacking two inwall? if you do the spacing carefully and run some thick braces under the top one for safety it would look sweet.

[Parker]

I'm running darts for the closed loop they have two inch intakes... IF I go with the tall tank I don't think one dart would be enough. I have more then one so I may put them to use. One return, and two closed loops.. one for the top of the tank one for the bottom

Stacking tanks wouldn't be an option in my situation.

[albert_dao]

Don't do it man!!! I once maintained a 42" tall tank and it was A NIGHTMARE!

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Don't do it man!!! I once maintained a 42" tall tank and it was A NIGHTMARE!

Albert I think I am maintaining that tank now. Big time pain to clean the glass next to the sand. I'm happy its not a bare bottom. 36" would be the highest in my opinion. 40" high would need some thick glass.
Kevin

[Parker]

Right now, if I stand flat on the floor I can put my arm over the top of the tank and down into it. Maintaining the 30" wouldn't be bad, I understand that the 40" would be quite a bit taller. Cleaning the bottom might not be a big deal. The tank would be recessed into the stand almost 3" with the sand bed below the top of the counter.. That gives me 37" above the counter top.

For those that haven't seen a picture, this is what I am replacing, I kind of agree with my wife, the tank does look a little squat in there.