question about tall tanks [Newb]

[RedDwarf]

I would think your ideal tank would be 48x30x30". Anything taller would be a pain to get stuff off the bottom easily. Now if you have shorter arms 30" tall might be a bit of a stretch to reach the bottom but I found it a very nice height.
Now most would want to put the tank on a stand of some type or another, the reason for this is that if you have it sitting on the floor, there is a greater potential for things to roll into or bump your glass panels. There is also the benefit of placing your filtration under the tank so it wouldn't distract to much from the beauty of the scene your trying to create.
One benefit to have the 30" wide tank is that you have so much more room to decorate your tank so you can have multiple zones in your aquarium. Since your in Bangkok, I'm figuring your having that tank made so the biggest consideration would be the height since it would dictate how expensive or much more expensive your tank will cost. Remember that the more volume you can give your fish, the better off they are going to be.

 

[Egon]

If you need to increase the volume of water the simplest way is to add/increase the sump. I'm setting up a 110 right now with a 50 gallon sump. That's 160 gallons of water in my system.

 

[MKD]

Thanks MKD

in my idea, there would be no stand. so the tank would be siting on foam (one inch thick) and i would be able to reach down.... lets say 3/4 of the tank downwards

just imagine sitting in your workshop and slide your chair along this huge wall of fish tank haha! awesome dont you think?

it's nice too have tall & wide tank, but still have to sit on something. otherwise for those stand up view won't see much and it become a pond. Imagine your chair and fish tank stand have same height, you still able to roll on the chair to see big hugh tank view. Very cool the standard stand height is 30" for plumbing, sump.....

I would think your ideal tank would be 48x30x30". Anything taller would be a pain to get stuff off the bottom easily. Now if you have shorter arms 30" tall might be a bit of a stretch to reach the bottom but I found it a very nice height.
Now most would want to put the tank on a stand of some type or another, the reason for this is that if you have it sitting on the floor, there is a greater potential for things to roll into or bump your glass panels. There is also the benefit of placing your filtration under the tank so it wouldn't distract to much from the beauty of the scene your trying to create.
One benefit to have the 30" wide tank is that you have so much more room to decorate your tank so you can have multiple zones in your aquarium. Since your in Bangkok, I'm figuring your having that tank made so the biggest consideration would be the height since it would dictate how expensive or much more expensive your tank will cost. Remember that the more volume you can give your fish, the better off they are going to be.

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[Zero Sugar]

thanks you guys
really appreicate it

i will take your advice and get 48x30x30" with the 30" stand and maybe a sump...

hope i will be able to get everything setup within this week.
thanks again,