Concept Aquariums 750G Fish Only

[SteveCGY]

Agreed way better in person

[lastlight]

is that a banana and lunar wrasse i see? looking forward to seeing this thing with fish in it!

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

is that a banana and lunar wrasse i see? looking forward to seeing this thing with fish in it!

yes, and they looked spectacular in that tank. I'm looking forward to seeing them grow up in that tank.

[DAVE]

Sweet tank.

Is there a reason why you decided against making it wider?

[thmh]

stick tank matt!!!! love the wrasses and deep downside i want a FWOLR aswell so iam really madjelly!!!

[denny_C]

Originally Posted by Hydrologist

Sweet tank.

Is there a reason why you decided against making it wider?

glass restrictions on what we could get at the time , 17ft glass panels are tricky to get and have shipped and to handle with the weight of them especially if 19mm, while we could have waited for the 19mm we had to go with 15mm as it was available and 19mm would have been a bit of a wait unless we shortend the tank to under 14ft.


we could have shortened the height a bit but we wanted to have a bit of both depth and height

cheers

denny

[sphelps]

One day we're going to have a discussion about how pressure works, width doesn't limit length or height provided width <= length.

[lastlight]

Steve are you saying any safely designed rectangular tank can actually be as wide as it currently is long without issue?

[denny_C]

Originally Posted by sphelps

One day we're going to have a discussion about how pressure works, width doesn't limit length or height provided width <= length.

i agree and pressure is one thing but we have to make sure we dont get sued or kill someone if a tank this large were to come apart, we have alot to lose by not sticking to what we feel are safe dimensions , theres certain dimensions where sure we can get away with a thinner glass or max out dimensions but most people dont mind paying for peace of mind and for us a little bit of restrictions in what we do for glass sizes allows us to go without incident.

at the end of the day its about what we feel comfortable selling or building, and the last thing we want is to cause anyone any house or business damage, with this tank in particular this was the space we had available and the glass we were able to get at the time.