43 Gallon Desk Tank

[superduperwesman]

To be honest it's been quite some time since I've visited canreef. Things have been so busy with work, building my garage, developing my basement but it actually looks like I'm into a bit of a lull now so I've decided to plan my new tank.

We're currently developing our basement (currently being mudded, decided to hire that out) and I had a nice little spot picked out for a 6" fish tank but as it turns out... my wife has decided that she'd like the entire office for her craftroom. As such, I'm in need of a place to keep a lot of my office type stuff and somewhere to toss down the laptop so I've had to reassess the tank situation.

I want somewhere to keep a lot of stuff that currently has no home (camera equipment, filling, etc.) so I've decided to basically half my tank size.

I think I'm going to set up a space ion the downstairs hall way similar to what's in a show home near our house:


And instead of doing a 6' tank I'll do a 36" x ~24" x ~14" (12.5" water height)
so it'll end up something like this:


So that'll put me at ~ 43 gallons vs the ~86 that I had originally planned by using the entire area for tank.

However, I'm not sure if this is the best idea. I need desk / storage space but I really do want a tank that I can keep some tangs in. This means one of two things.. I'll get sick of the tank because it's not what I want or I'll put tangs in it anyway.

They nice thing about this location is that right behind the back wall is under the stairs which can be used as a fish room. I already installed a laundry sink during the development and have room for a frag tank, sump, mixing jugs etc.

So what do you think? I want to give my wife the office so that in return she lets me run with the tank a bit (she gets her hobby so I get mine) but I still need office type space.