So, I'll be getting a new tank. I have one plan (which I'll post about if it happens, a bit of an unusual design).
My backup plan is more conventional: it will be a 36 by 1x area tank. VR28woman wants it to have an internal overflow ("it looks better that way". Fine). I am thinking of two options:
1. a seaclear acrylic 40 breeder. 36x15x16. I'd drill the bottom for an internal overflow. (recommendations? I'm not finding any with a quick google search). One concern I have is the top - it's not totally open on top, and so this might impede with light and trap heat inside, especially since i intend to use halides.
https://www.petsmart.com/fish/tanks...ariums/seaclear-40-gallon-aquarium-17412.html
This is $260 from Petsmart and then an extra ?? for the overflow. Plus the time spent begging, borrowing, or stealing a drill, installing, setup, etc.
I do kind of fear that this is an apparently easy DIY project that would become bigger and harder because of things a newb does not know.......
The plus is that it's acrylic and therefore it'll be lighter and clearer than a glass tank.
2. A Seaphora 57g rimless tank. 36x18x20. This comes with an internal reef ready overflow.
$450 from my LFS.
The plus is that it's ready to go (compared to the seaclear). On the flip side, the tank is somewhat expensive, and probably quite heavy........
My backup plan is more conventional: it will be a 36 by 1x area tank. VR28woman wants it to have an internal overflow ("it looks better that way". Fine). I am thinking of two options:
1. a seaclear acrylic 40 breeder. 36x15x16. I'd drill the bottom for an internal overflow. (recommendations? I'm not finding any with a quick google search). One concern I have is the top - it's not totally open on top, and so this might impede with light and trap heat inside, especially since i intend to use halides.
https://www.petsmart.com/fish/tanks...ariums/seaclear-40-gallon-aquarium-17412.html
This is $260 from Petsmart and then an extra ?? for the overflow. Plus the time spent begging, borrowing, or stealing a drill, installing, setup, etc.
I do kind of fear that this is an apparently easy DIY project that would become bigger and harder because of things a newb does not know.......The plus is that it's acrylic and therefore it'll be lighter and clearer than a glass tank.
2. A Seaphora 57g rimless tank. 36x18x20. This comes with an internal reef ready overflow.
$450 from my LFS.
The plus is that it's ready to go (compared to the seaclear). On the flip side, the tank is somewhat expensive, and probably quite heavy........
