Open Bottom Aquarium

[Whiston]

Originally Posted by kien

It's human nature. People are afraid of what they do not understand

Less chatter more pictures!

Yes, get 'er done!
I want to see how your coral placement ends up. it would be kind of interesting to see coral growing up into the upper display area.

[sphelps]

I think people understand it just fine. You're building a tank with essentially zero access. Most people like to be able to do things like place/move corals/rocks, clean stubborn coraline, clean the sand/bottom and remove unwanted pests without having to drain the tank completely. People also don't tend to like light being filtered by 1/2" glass. Doesn't mean you can't do it but you can't get upset with everyone because they think it's a bad idea which to be completely honest, whether you admit it or not, this is a pretty terrible idea.

Remember you asked for peoples experience and to see if anyone would be interested in buying it, so you got you asked for, no reason to cry about it. If you started a build thread with the intend if just sharing your creations you wouldn't get the same feedback.

My original comments were meant to be helpful, pointing out other common designs that give the exact same effect while still allowing access.

[kien]

Originally Posted by sphelps

I think people understand it just fine.

Yes, there are a lot of people who understand this concept, but if you re-read the first page (and the second and the third) of this thread you will also notice that there were a lot of questions regarding this idea which suggest to me that some people didn't quite understand the idea. Just sayin :-)

[kien]

Originally Posted by burge1234

Hello. I am in the works right now of building an open bottom aquarium for myself or possibly for sale. Is there anyone that has experience or interest in these concept tanks?

and for the record, the original poster wants to do this and appears to know what they are doing as they have answered everyone's questions on this idea. They did not ask, "should I do this", or "do you think this is a good idea?". I could be wrong but I think maybe what the OP is looking for are people who are actually interested in this idea and has experience with this sort of tank.

How about we try to be a bit more open minded? :-)

[sphelps]

Open minded is a two way street.

Regardless whether the tank has a sealed top or not, it's a salt tank. We all have experience with this sort of tank. Most of us now how important access is, which is why many of us limit the size/height to something manageable.

Given the nature of the thread I think people are entitled to speak from experience which I still read as requested. It's also good public interest for people to know the pros and cons of a design like this if it were to be sold.

[kien]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Regardless whether the tank has a sealed top or not, it's a salt tank. We all have experience with this sort of tank.

I am going to keep an open mind and agree to disagree with you :-)

Anyway, I'm still interested and would love to see a build thread as the build progresses. Don't let all the negativity dissuade you in your plans. I'm sure if you started a journal you'll find lots of interested people tagging along.

[lastlight]

Kien doesn't even have 3500 posts so keep that in mind when passing judgement on anything he says.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by kien

I am going to keep an open mind and agree to disagree with you :-)

Anyway, I'm still interested and would love to see a build thread as the build progresses. Don't let all the negativity dissuade you in your plans. I'm sure if you started a journal you'll find lots of interested people tagging along.

I'd also like to see the build, I'm guessing everyone would but this isn't a build thread. If I was to ask you if you were interested in something, there's essentially two answers, yes or no. The point is you can't get upset if you get more no's than yes's.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by sphelps

The point is you can't get upset if you get more no's than yes's.

you're going to dig up a lot of old dating memories for keener. easy now.

[daniella3d]

wow, how do you do water change in that thing? seem like a disaster waiting to happen.

I have enough worry about my tank as it is, I would surely not go put hundreds of $$$$ in corals and fish in such a tank.

Interesting concept though, just I would not trust it.