Going narrow and tall...looking for feedback...

[Mr Cob]

Two things you don't see much of...narrow and tall.

I've always been big on deep (front to back) tanks 24"+ and I have recently enjoyed the temp tank..standard 55g. The narrow tank fits perfect on the wall it's on and I have lots of room to upgrade....but only in height and length

So...I'm thinking a custom tank to cover this wall.

I'm considering 82" x 17" x 40" for the tank which is roughly 240g and a 40" tall stand + a 12" tall canopy.

I'm thinking the 40" tall tank will make a cool effect with normal 250w MH lighting and look natural in that it will clearly go from bright to deep dark water.

Any thoughts on this...? besides the obvious difficulties of maintenance on a setup this tall.

[Gseclipse02]

theres a tank we set up thats like 38 tall and i hate it lol we fight not to do it

stacking the rock is kind of hard the flow gets a little tricky you basically do everything with grabbers

[Mr Cob]

theres a tank we set up thats like 38 tall and i hate it lol we fight not to do it

stacking the rock is kind of hard the flow gets a little tricky you basically do everything with grabbers

Yeah...I'm sure this is not a size that would make anything at all easy but it's got my interest regardless. Got any pics? What's the width?

I do not plan to stack any rock....will be a foam display but tonga like....but no stacking to avoid tumbling. The foam will also form cracks so that the entire back is not foamed just the major parts that the coral will be mounted to. Actually I would really like it to be a huge cave at the bottom....so pretty much nothing is touching the sand or just a few tips touching....if that makes any sense at all.

With a tall stand I can do a tall sump/refugium and put all my liverock down below.

[txg8gxp]

Working on it would be a pain, but I like the idea about the lighting. With a huge foam/rock wall it could look awesome.

[Gseclipse02]

its 12 -14 inchs wide no wider ... we just cleaned it this past week so in 2 or 3 weeks will be back ill try and get some pics

[Bill S]

Rob, the biggest problem I see is the height. I have a 30" tank and it's a royal pain.

BTW, many moons ago, one of the great display tanks was a 110. It was 2 55s, end to end. GREAT for swimmers.

[Europhyllia]

I purchased a 29" tall tank and after I added so much substrate I wished I had chosen the 31" tall one - for about a month or so until I realized what a challenge even the 29" was (it's also deep so even with my monkey arms I have trouble getting stuff in the back). It can be done but I often come back out with my hair wet and salty and I try to do anything requiring my dive missions in the morning before underarm deodorant goes on!
Anything lost in the overflows? Super challenging to reach it because of course overflows are super narrow and all the way down.
I had two pygmy gobies in the overflows and abandoned the rescue effort in favor of just flushing them down the sump and catching them in a net at the pipe ends.
I always thought once I got it set up I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore but it's weird how things still seem to come up where I need to reach in.
Doable in a 29 but I no longer crave the 31.
I think a 40 would be beautiful but very difficult to maintain (but you already know that... ;) )

[Mr Cob]

Stephen....for the first time ever I'm enjoying the ease of getting in and out of these tanks...55 standard and the shallow 85...but I so miss having a tall tank...I figure I spend more time staring than maintenance anyways so I'd prefer to focus on improving my quality of stare time...lol.

[Mr Cob]

I purchased a 29" tall tank and after I added so much substrate I wished I had chosen the 31" tall one - for about a month or so until I realized what a challenge even the 29" was (it's also deep so even with my monkey arms I have trouble getting stuff in the back). It can be done but I often come back out with my hair wet and salty and I try to do anything requiring my dive missions in the morning before underarm deodorant goes on!
Anything lost in the overflows? Super challenging to reach it because of course overflows are super narrow and all the way down.
I had two pygmy gobies in the overflows and abandoned the rescue effort in favor of just flushing them down the sump and catching them in a net at the pipe ends.
I always thought once I got it set up I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore but it's weird how things still seem to come up where I need to reach in.
Doable in a 29 but I no longer crave the 31.
I think a 40 would be beautiful but very difficult to maintain (but you already know that... ;) )

lol...you paint a funny picture...thx!

Yeah, I know I'm asking for trouble but for some reason it peeks my interest even more. The half circle was 29" tall and that was about all I could imagine being able to handle...and here I am thinking about a 40".

Can anyone think of anything I might be missing besides maintenance. Any other problems like special needs for a stand or anything...I don't know...just making sure there is nothing else to consider.

[Mr Cob]

Anyone know how tall Jose's 600g is?