36 x 36 x 36 cube with a twist

[Rbacchiega]

oh my god oh my god oh my god. Pee'd a little. ha ha all kidding aside...this is going to be FANTASTIC

[DCDN]

I love it, had a similar plan for my puffers but on a much smaller scale

[Mrfish55]

Great idea, love something different, only thing I would be cautious of is the fake plant, they normally have wire inside to help hold the shape. Why not grow a real mangrove?

[bignose]

nice tank! More details on the tank please.

[mark0933]

Originally Posted by bignose

nice tank! More details on the tank please.

What more details do you want - is 36 x 36 x 37 tall, is not drilled at this point (but is acrylic so I can do it myself when I decide exactly how high the water should be and how I can best hide the plumbing (going for the super clean look)

The walls of the tank are all 1" acrylic, and the top and bottom are 1 1/4"

Weights a small amount compared to my first tank (700G acrylic)

Mark

PS - as for why not a "real" mangrove...you search and see if you can find one (I could not find any mangrove bigger than about 18" tall) and as I said I don't have a green thumb, and lastly even if I thought I could I was concerned that the roots would eventually put too much pressure on the seams of the tank...

[Mandosh]

You lost me at 700G reef tank.

[mark0933]

Sorry, forgot that I am new around here, and assume that a lot of people check this forum and the other forum (the mostly Ontario one) so know me from there

Not sure if I am allowed to post links to the build on there or RC, just search for mark0933's 720G - here is the finished product...and my "assistant"

[corpusse]

Real mangroves would be nice, but you'd be looking at at least 10 years before they grow to a nice size for that tank. Maybe you could import some but that might prove difficult you can only get the pods easily in Canada.

This is going to be a really neat tank! Maybe you should use real mangroves as the filtration to go along with the fake structure. 10 years down the road you might be able to take the fake ones out

[ElGuappo]

Originally Posted by corpusse

This is going to be a really neat tank! Maybe you should use real mangroves as the filtration to go along with the fake structure. 10 years down the road you might be able to take the fake ones out

good call on the "both" factor.. if you are worried about the roots breaking the seams you could grow some at different stages of growth and remove as needed. but then you may have to cut roots to seperate the mangroves.

Originally Posted by mark0933

Sorry, forgot that I am new around here, and assume that a lot of people check this forum and the other forum (the mostly Ontario one) so know me from there

Not sure if I am allowed to post links to the build on there or RC, just search for mark0933's 720G - here is the finished product...and my "assistant"

Ohh and if you are worried about not being able to link pics from the other site maybe you could copy and paste the whole thread here?