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02-27-2007, 10:06 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Ideas for a large display tank??
OK, so here's my plan....
We have very fancy new building just opened at the vet school here in philly. The atrium is vast, but a little sterile, so I thought it would be the perfect location for a stunning show tank. The powers-that-be are sounding interested, and I'm due to meet the architect in a week or two. And on top of that, I thought, a great reason to set up a student marine aquatic society to help plan/design/build/maintain. So, as a prelude, I thought I would get everyone's vote - how big would you go and how would you have it? The space is big, L-shaped, and fronted by glass (lots of light). Would you rather have a walk-around viewable from all side? L-shaped and viewable from 2 sides? Viewable from the front only? Any other suggestions?
As a bonus I thought the student group/fact-finding part of the exercise could go to Penn State and visit Sanjay Joshi and the 500 gall tank Penn State have....(!)
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02-27-2007, 10:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Cool Idea Sambo The bigger the better !
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02-27-2007, 10:37 PM
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Candy Pirate
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: someplace cold
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Horse-Shoe shape
or inverted Bow Front
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02-27-2007, 11:41 PM
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moddin aint easy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: newnan, ga
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the budget is really the key here, but if it was what ever you want, i would shoot for a very long tank, inverted bow like knowitall said, and deep enough to make some really nice rockscapes.
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02-28-2007, 02:02 AM
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Tanks and bikes...hmm
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Bremerton, Washington
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What ever you decide to do.... keep us posted on the whole build.
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02-28-2007, 09:54 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2006
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At the moment it's just an idea, but I'm cautiously optimistic....
Thanks for the thoughts - it needs to be shallow enough for maintenance but I like the long bowfront idea... And the build thread is a given!
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02-28-2007, 09:57 AM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
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I would love to see something long and relatively shallow (24" or less) that is viewable front/back. Good luck getting approved!!
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02-28-2007, 10:00 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2006
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My other thought was something along the oregonreef.com idea - fairly deep, with a channel down the middle that gives a real feeling of depth. Budget will be a big questionmark....
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02-28-2007, 10:03 AM
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It can be rebuilt.
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how much room will you have for equipment. the bigger the tank the bigger the ROOM needed to support the tank. having a good sized ROOM would be best.
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02-28-2007, 11:22 AM
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Big Fishy
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Originally Posted by Geoff
how much room will you have for equipment. the bigger the tank the bigger the ROOM needed to support the tank. having a good sized ROOM would be best.
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Agreed. My first thought is where the room will be, and I'm still mulling that one over - depends on one of a couple of locations. In the new build there is a basement, but big drop to overcome and some engineering issues. Not sure about what we can do...
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02-28-2007, 11:01 PM
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It can be rebuilt.
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hard to come up with ideas without a layout of the area. maybe you could make the tank L shaped and inside the L make a room for the equipment. maybe even a monster U shape and have the inside an equipment room.
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02-28-2007, 11:40 PM
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Tanks and bikes...hmm
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I have also seen a U shaped tank with a door on the back to access the equipment room.... Just an Idea
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