short and wide or long and skinny?

[Detritivore]

which tank would be look better: a short(60" long or less) one that is wide(30" or over) or a long one(72" long or more) that is not very wide(24" or less)?

oh, and post some pics that show the depth (front to back) or your tank

-thanks

[scottw]

which tank would be look better: a short(60" long or less) one that is wide(30" or over) or a long one(72" long or more) that is not very wide(24" or less)?

oh, and post some pics that show the depth (front to back) or your tank

-thanks

my wife told me to post Size doesnt matter

[moonpod]

Okayyyy...WAAYY too much detail about the personal life dude...

I like tank depth (front to back), but if it's too short it looks weird too. The tank should be porportioned for lack of a better way to describe it. Too much in any direction tends to make it look weird.

[Adam]

the title confused me a bit...SHORT and FAT. (More room for stuff inside).

[Detritivore]

lol, sorry, i think im gonna change the tilte... do you think a shallow tank, as in depth, will look weird in terms of proportion?

nevermind, too late to change. lets just forget that i said tht.

[s13silvia]

for a reef tank, the deeper (front to back) i think the better.. although you have to put a little bit more planning when it comes to setting up proper flow and lighting

[DH_Freak]

my wife told me to post Size doesnt matter

LMAO......
Dont kid yourself SIZE does matter

[Adam]

hrmmmm

[Detritivore]

which sounds better: 60" long 30"wide 20"tall ; 48"long 30"wide 24" tall ; 72" long 30" wide 20" tall

[Adam]

48x30x24. heighth

but IMO, a tank 10 feet long by 4 feet wide by 6 feet tall would be beeeest....

[nbd13]

6 feet tall would be way to hard to light! plus it would cost a fortune to run the lighting! and you could not keep anything that deep!

Nick

[CCG]

60 to 72L x 28 to 30W x 24H.

Colin

[nbd13]

my dream tank is 8 or 10 feet long, 4 or 5 feet wide and 30 inches deep. with a platform like steve weast's tank all the way around to access the entire tank.

Nick

[s13silvia]

72" long 30"wide 20"tall

i would do that one or even go 72 x 36 x 20 :yesway:


i just like shallow tanks so you can get better light penetration

[Detritivore]

i was thinking about having a relatively shallow tank so that i could also view corals from the top, which i thought would be pretty cool