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[werp]

I am trying to decide between an oceanic 92 corner and 72 bowfront. They are both reef ready. It will be mainly for coral. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Gator]

the ocenic 72 bows are notorious for leaking, i would go for the 90 bow and stay away from the 72

[greatbarrier52]

yeah the 72 used to leak cause the guy that was putting on the silicone was doing it all wrong. They have since fired him. I would let the batch sell for a while and then get one. The 90 is pretty cool however. I just got finished instaling one in a wall. the 92 is real cool also. Most of my clients like it cause you can see it but it is out of the way and you are not going to bump into it.

[adamRS80]

Just make sure you place it far enough away from the corner so you can maintain it. I think the only drawback to a corner tank is that it's dificult to get to the sides of the tank, and I know in my tank, a cube, there are pleny of times that I can only get a good view of something by looking from the side. I do think the corner tanks look the best but I don't think I'd set one up just because you can only look at it from the front. does the curved glass distort the look of things inside the tank? I'm dure it's not by much but that might be an issue too.

[reefer]

i would avoid the bowfronts, cleaning curved glass sucks. unless you go for the big bowfront like the 175! then that would be kewl!
8)

[MikeP]

For anyone interested there is a used Oceanic 175 bowfront for sale at Aquatek in Austin.

[StephenA]

My New 72 Bow Leaked!. The curved glass is hard to clean.