300g TALL or 300g WIDE?
- Thread starter Fish?
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Ok, I think i've got it all worked out.
My dad and I will build the stand and canopy (~$400), then we'll go pickup the tank ($850), then decide on a substrate and how much i'll need ($30-260), then run out and pickup all my water filtration/aeration/movement needs (~$800), finally i'll get my lighting which will be two 48" 8-bulb fixtures ($400).
So unless i'm forgetting something, the final price should be around $2,700 (tax not included, so....)
Which is alot less than I thought it would be actually....
-Fish?
My dad and I will build the stand and canopy (~$400), then we'll go pickup the tank ($850), then decide on a substrate and how much i'll need ($30-260), then run out and pickup all my water filtration/aeration/movement needs (~$800), finally i'll get my lighting which will be two 48" 8-bulb fixtures ($400).
So unless i'm forgetting something, the final price should be around $2,700 (tax not included, so....)
Which is alot less than I thought it would be actually....
-Fish?
The only advantage to a taller tank is for building biotope type tanks and for large numbers of small fish. Wide tanks mean you can keep larger fish and you get a better gas exchange, given a choice go with the wide.
Wide is good - better for the fish 
Why dont more people look at other options for MH lighting? The Aquarium specific lighting is an absolute rip off!! I'm building a hood for my new tan k and picked up 2 x 150W MH shop light fittings with ballasts and globes for AU$60 the lot.
There are heaps of metal halide lights around that are used for hydroponics that are a lot cheaper than aquarium specific lighting and its basically the same thing, if your building your own hood then it doesnt matter where the lighting came from as long as you can build it in. At my LFS they try and sell second hand crappy MH ballasts without lamp fittings etc for crazy prices - search the net for the same stuff but from hydroponic suppliers and you can get it for less than half the price!
Why dont more people look at other options for MH lighting? The Aquarium specific lighting is an absolute rip off!! I'm building a hood for my new tan k and picked up 2 x 150W MH shop light fittings with ballasts and globes for AU$60 the lot.
There are heaps of metal halide lights around that are used for hydroponics that are a lot cheaper than aquarium specific lighting and its basically the same thing, if your building your own hood then it doesnt matter where the lighting came from as long as you can build it in. At my LFS they try and sell second hand crappy MH ballasts without lamp fittings etc for crazy prices - search the net for the same stuff but from hydroponic suppliers and you can get it for less than half the price!
