How deep to go front to back

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Wow 72x72 that would be a swimming pool Maybe you'd need a catwalk over top of that to reach the middle. But think of the aquascaping possibilities!! I think I'll be busy on the day you need to wrestle that tank into your basement though...

Yup....I won't be doing it again....but if I did, I would go 6 foot square. With a strong acrylic tank, you can crawl around on top of it easily to access anything you want. I didn't know that at the time, so I limited myself to 4 feet of depth.

[JDigital]

^^ You wouldn't do a 4foot depth tank again?

My "dream" build would be a 7x5ft or 8x4ft.. but if 4ft is that bad for you, makes me wonder if I would like it...

[i have crabs]

if i do build the 72x72 ill be getting it built in the house unless i do go acrilic, it will be a shrak/grouper tank so ill have minimal amounts of rock i think more like a public display with fake stuff even though thats a little fruity

[yeeg]

My tank is 4 feet front to back...It took some time to get used to but I wouldnt have it any less now that I've seen it...

To get it into perspective, imagine a sheet of 4x8 plywood...Then imagine that sheet of plywood being 3 feet high...Thats the dimension of my tank...