Minimum Shark Tank Height. . . .

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
11x5! do it! that would be awesome :)
 
TheCanuck;4440067; said:
And yes this is for the new upgrade coming up. If it was only 18" high i could add another foot on the length and another two feet for width and come out the same price as opposed to it being taller.

11x5x18"
OR
9x3x24"


Could adding length and width justify the height? I am just number crunching with a few different things. I want to do a glass tank, but if i need the height its going to be fiber glass... at least thats what its looking like.

These are not the actual demenions for the tank yet, just easier numbers to work with. Yield will form the tank dimensions for sure
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I was going to suggest that the width would be more inportant than the depth. ( in my mind anyway) I have had this discussion in regards to glass tnaks a couple of weeks back, and it seems that 750mm (30"ish) is the highest you can economically go in glass before you start going to acrylic...

Just putting my 2c in... But I would go shorter, but longer and wider.
 
Staallion;4440351; said:
I was going to suggest that the width would be more inportant than the depth. ( in my mind anyway) I have had this discussion in regards to glass tnaks a couple of weeks back, and it seems that 750mm (30"ish) is the highest you can economically go in glass before you start going to acrylic...

Just putting my 2c in... But I would go shorter, but longer and wider.
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I really want to do glass, and not fiberglass. It would be a 4D tank, which would be badass. Only issue is i need it to be 16-18 inches tall in order for the price to add up it seems. Maybe i could get away with the horn in 18in. I know lxw is more important but there is a point where the line needs to be drawn for the minimum. Trying to get the best varied answers here.

I agree though, deff 18 inch if i can, but my horn might really beef up
 
TheCanuck;4440377; said:
I really want to do glass, and not fiberglass. It would be a 4D tank, which would be badass. Only issue is i need it to be 16-18 inches tall in order for the price to add up it seems. Maybe i could get away with the horn in 18in. I know lxw is more important but there is a point where the line needs to be drawn for the minimum. Trying to get the best varied answers here.

I agree though, deff 18 inch if i can, but my horn might really beef up
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where are you getting the glass from?
 
krj-1168;4453078; said:
You would better off - with a pond for $2,000

even if you want a viewing window - you could still do a fiberglass tank with a viewing window for about $2,000.

Here's a link were you can get a 8'x4'x 30" tank for about $1,500, or a 8'x4'x3' fiberglass tank for about $1,900.

http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/945/Fiberglass-Tanks-With-Window
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a local shop will be less than half that cost for a custom fiberglass tank. for 2000$ you should expect to have anywhere between a 1000 and 3000 gallon fiberglass tank. Many are $.50 per gallon for a finished tank.

but i think he wanted a larger displayable area. In that case it's either go expensive with glass or acrylic or doing a full on custom build out of wood, concrete, cinder block, what have you and putting in several viewing windows.

at any rate I'm pretty sure if he stretched himself and went for a 24" height on the 10x5 he'd easiuly be able to make up the total cost of the build by selling his 360g.

but he's banned again, not sure if it's temp or perm.
 
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