Who loves tall tanks??

[Joshuakahan]

Is what narrow?

IDK, I’m just picturing a 55 but a couple inches shorter

 

[pacu mom]

Just seeing how many fish keepers out there love taller tanks.

I don't have a tall tank, I have a big tank ...

Do I want a tank that is 16 feet long but only 1 foot tall? Of course not.

I wouldn't want a 1 foot tall tank either, even for a 15 foot long tank.

It depends on the fish you’re keeping,

I agree. I wouldn't keep bettas in my big tank.


My big tank upgrade is the longest in the history of fish forums, but hopefully, it will be completed by summer. As for accessing the top of the tank, we built a platform with a hinged floor that raises up so we can access the sump tank under the platform.


Someone mentioned tall tanks being harder to clean. This car wash with soft bristles and extendable handle can reach the front of the tank, so that is my plan for cleaning my big tank.

 

[Backfromthedead]

I love tall tanks and i think any fish always appreciates more water depth.

Since ive started building tanks i have pretty much stuck to 24" and less though due to all the practicalities. Ease of maintenance and cost of materials being chief amongst them.

 

[scalareson]

I think a tall/narrow tank can be cool for separating out community top/mid/bottom dwellers, but I 100% would prioritize horizontal swimming space instead for larger than 2"/more active fish. A tall tank with big schools of nano fish like tetras, cories, etc. would be a solid tank choice imo

 

[krichardson]

Tall tanks seem to be good as display boxes,especially in public settings but I don't have much use for them......besides I'm growing lazy as I age and don't need the extra hassle involved with trying to reach down into a taller tank when the need arises.

 

[Hybridfish7]

I used to hate them but I've since gotten used to scaping and using them. I'd realistically take a 29 over a 20 long if I could only have one or the other. Fish benefit from the height, length and width are nice and all, but the height helps fish get away from aggression the most in my experience. Pairs of cichlids will go as far as they need to to chase away intruders, but for some reason they won't go up. I can have a colony of some small cichlid in a 29 just fine, but the same fish will start taking damage in a 33 or a 20 long. Sure it's a pain to clean them or reach into them and all, but whatever's better for the fish.

I also agree that taller variants of tanks make better displays.

 

[LBDave]

I just posted this. Great for big and tall tanks.
Electric Algae Scrubber | MonsterFishKeepers.com
Just curious if Pacu mom knows about these.
Maybe K krichardson will reconsider tall tanks so his fish don't have to keep bumping their chin on the sand!

 

[duanes]

I would use these for many species, but not for territorial cichlids that determine turf by floor space.
Most cichlids only break off a territorial chase at 4 ft with little regard to depth, so unless at tank reaches beyond 4 ft on either end of that chase footprint, there is little space for escape, by the chased.

 

[M3AN ONE]

I have a 1 foot tank 2 foot and a 3 foot tall tank I bet you can guess which one I like seeing fish swim in the most. Had to take the frame off my front door to get it in and If I could I would do it again!!!

 

[arielucidates]

I guess it just depends on the individual tank. I have a 90g, and I always preferred it to a 75g by a long shot. I have a 38g I prefer over a 33g long. But weirdly I kind of preferred my 45g long to a 55g. But maybe that was just because it was "different" than the most common standard tank? Or maybe because it was my tank when I was a kid? For me though the limit is around 24" in added height being nice. I had a 150g tank with a footprint of 48"x24"x30" tall. 30" was too tall for me. It was so hard to aquascape or get anything off the bottom. Water changes where ok but if you wanted to move a rock that you already put on the bottom it was next to impossible. Not to mention even trying to lower a rock into there for the hardscape without breaking the bottom of the tank. I had a 75 gallon octagon tank that was around the same height but a little shorter and that looked cool but it really was hard to keep fish in. I always thought it would be cool with fancy goldfish and that is the best fit of anything I put in it, but those tanks were also really hard to light properly so nothing looked as good as it could.

So I guess I like extra height up to about 24", but not beyond that.