What's the difference between a racetrack aquarium and an oval aquarium?

cichlid_king

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What's the difference between a racetrack aquarium and an oval aquarium? :wall:
A racetrack aquarium is an aquarium that has the same shape as an oval tank but the only difference is that a racetrack aquarium has a oval shaped pillar in the center.

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Racetrack also refers to a double bullnose tank...the ends are full half circles. An oval is an oval...basic shapes lol but id actually guess both r exactly the same. The correct term is double bull nose or racetrack. Heres my 500 double bullnose :)

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If by "pillar" you mean overflow...most real tanks have them lol...it being square or oval has nothing to do with the tanks shape or name.

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By pillar I mean the oval pillar in the centre of the tank, what is that? Just like in your amazing tank. (BTW what fish are they?)
 

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If by "pillar" you mean overflow...most real tanks have them lol...it being square or oval has nothing to do with the tanks shape or name.

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Yes, the overflow

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Do racetracks have to have those oval pillar overflows? I've never seen a racetrack tank without one.
 

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Oval is an oval.
Racetrack has round ends, but straight (flat) sides that aren't bowed out and a center overflow. Section.
 
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