I love my wife

[digital-audiophile]

Deep is good! Thats my major complaint with my 90 with only 18" front to back, once you get your rock in there (and especially with an internal centre overflow) I dont have a lot of space. I would go with an external overflow for sure.

Maybe shallow is a bit better too for better light penetration and easier to view top down.

[Treebeard]

If I were you I would get a longer tank, new lights, and give me a smokin hot deal for the 48" Tek T5s. I think they would look great on my 90!

[digital-audiophile]

Originally Posted by Treebeard

If I were you I would get a longer tank, new lights, and give me a smokin hot deal for the 48" Tek T5s. I think they would look great on my 90!

LOL! That they would!

I love Teks so much, I would never go back to MH.

That's part of the reason I am leaning towards 4' tank as that's as long as the teks go.

[i have crabs]

where are you gonna put the tank? in the middle of a room 1 side touching a wall or a corner with 2 side against a wall?

with a 48x48" tank its gonna sit quite far from the wall already plus another 8-12" for an overflow hanging off the side, with a tank that big i dont think a overflow would take up any space you would miss, and ive never been a fan of external overflows mostly cause when i look in the tank even with a background the inside of the overflow is right their uncovered and looking all ugly,

[digital-audiophile]

The only spot a bigger tank would really fit would be in a corner, with the back and right side against a wall, so viewable from the left side and front.

An internal in the back right corner would work.

I've got some time, as this isn't going to some in the next week, but would be more of a July/August project if I could pull it together.

I'll have to make a trip up to Big Als, they have that one semi cube running just infront of the parts counter and I like the shape, allthough I think it is more like 6'x4' ~300G if I recall correctly.

[i have crabs]

these are what bigals sell
http://www.marineland.com/sites/Mari...=3600&mid=3228

the biggest problem for me is the 27" depth, the 48x36" size is ok but has dual overflows and that can be a pain,
also if you put the overflow in the back corner good luck ever cleaning or catching fish from in thier with a 48x48 tank,unfortunately you would have to put it on one of the ends probably back left.
my tank is 48x24x28" and the 28" tall really gets to me everytime i drop something or need to pick up a frag also my overflow is in the back middle and i have to get on a ladder and hang way over the tank to get in that overflow so ill be shure not to do that ever again if i dont have to.
i would build a nice custom and maybe get a nice stand built but your probably gonna be $1200-1500 just on a stand and tank, by the time you have this done i might have mine started so ill have that other 8bulb tek light you need.

[Rbacchiega]

Hey! that's great Greg. There are a couple larger cube builds on RC (as I'm sure you know) that might be able to help you figure stuff out. One guy has a 4x4x2 cube (I think that's what it is anyways) and it's a great build thread.

Looking forward to whatever it is you decide...if the 90 is any indication, the cube will be killer

[karazy]

IMO go for a 6x4x2. that would give you great depth for coral placement,
and you would have lots of swimming room too.

[digital-audiophile]

hmm, you know I need to bust out the tape measure and the masking tape to see how that may look. If I move the positioning to another wall I might be able to get away with 6x4x2. and there is an electrical outlet right behind that spot.

[banditpowdercoat]

LOL, Too Cool.

My Superviser here at work wants to travel, and thinking about selling his 225g tank. I told him I'd take it, and told the wife we need to start saving $$$ for a tank. She says how much and what tank,. I tell her the price and it's a complete 225g she goes OMFG, I HAVE to HAVE that tank. And she hasn't even seen it LOL. I'm creating a monster I think