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Originally Posted by mseepman
If you want to see what it looks like, PM me and I will send you the link.
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Thanks for the pics. Do you have any difficulty doing miantanence? the tank you showed me was 48" tall, right?
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Originally Posted by PHLOUNDER
As far as depth of a tank goes, anything beyond 30" deep will be a problem. A five feet deep tank would be very impractical - not to mention extremely expensive. Both for lighting issues and you won't be able to reach the bottom - unless you have diving gear handy.
I can understand you wanting something unique, but unless you have a good bit of DIY experience, this could be an expensive endeavor for you, because it costs to redo stuff that doesn't work right.
I would go with Patrick's suggestion and get a 200 gallon reef ready tank and have a mixed reef. Put the tank at a comfortable viewing level in wall and make it like a big picture window to the ocean. That's what I would do - if I had the room. I actually had a 200 once and it was my favorite size tank. A 200 gallon in wall tank full of corals and colorful fish is a definite WOW factor!
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The more I think about this the more I realize this is why I asked first. I never thought about "headroom" to work on the lower tank but I still want to do something along the lines of MDP's 55(the one with the 5gal bucket over it) Keep it simplistic as far as support equipment goes.
30" for the tank would still seem a little short for what I have in mind. How can I figure how much light will reach the bottom if I decide to go with a taller tank? I figure that for the look I want in the room I am building, the minimum height needs to be 36".(With all the woodwork, ie: wainscotting and such, It really needs to be that tall) I can live with 36" tall as long as I can go long, like maybe 80" or so, and of course I'll need around 30" deep for scaping.