Post your shallow long builds!

Shawn4455 · May 29, 2020

Moving into a new house within the next year, looking for inspiration for shallow long builds!!!

BarSnackz · May 29, 2020

Something like this? Only 4' long

Bo. · May 29, 2020

BarSnackz said:
Something like this? Only 4' long

Dimensions?

BarSnackz · May 30, 2020

Bo Lin said:
Dimensions?

48"x24"x12". Not really what OP was looking for... but shallow tanks are so much fun.

Bo. · May 30, 2020

You are preaching to the choir... I want a 48x36x16.

jazzfisher · May 30, 2020

30 gal long. 36 inch long 14 high. Not the best pics.

Shawn4455 · May 30, 2020

BarSnackz said:
48"x24"x12". Not really what OP was looking for... but shallow tanks are so much fun.

Still looks good! I love shallow tanks, what are disadvantages to shallow tanks? I love how the light can penetrate the tank easier and you can have interesting rockwork

Bo. · May 30, 2020

Shawn4455 said:
Still looks good! I love shallow tanks, what are disadvantages to shallow tanks? I love how the light can penetrate the tank easier and you can have interesting rockwork

Less water column for active swimmers

Reef Box · May 30, 2020

still building

JumboShrimp · May 30, 2020

72” long x 24” wide x 12” tall. Actually a frag tank, but I won’t tell if you won’t. Lol!

BarSnackz · May 30, 2020

Shawn4455 said:
Still looks good! I love shallow tanks, what are disadvantages to shallow tanks? I love how the light can penetrate the tank easier and you can have interesting rockwork

That was a picture from about two years ago of my old shallow tank, so I made some modifications to it after that. But, the main drawback would probably be light coverage and you can see I only had one A360WE behind my two bulb t5. I ended up getting a 2nd Kessil shortly after - but, having t5's and two Kessils attached to the rim of the tank cut back the amount of the top-down viewing space (my favorite part of lagoon tanks). If I had to do it all over again, I would definitely hang a 6 or 8 bulb t5 fixture from the ceiling to light a tank like that.

Oh, and flow! There can be a lot of dead spots if you don't position your powerheads correctly. Once you get them where they need to be, they blow around a lot of sand since they're so close to the sandbed.