Long or Deep tank?

i guess the question is what do you want to do with the tank? Deeper is great for aquascaping and coral but the length is nice for fish to swim.

 

Yup, I was thinking about those fish who love to swim long range.

And also, I knew that someone would said, "that's what she said." ;D;D

Hmmmm..... rc_mcwaters3 might translate this to a different thing ;D;D

Anyways...Yeah, I was thinking to go wider.

 

Im going with corals and aquascaping

 

I cant help it ;D

 

Tall and wide would work best for you. Kinda wish I'd done a 40B or 29BC instead of a 29H; narrow tanks are a pain to scape unless you're going with a minimal amount of rock or don't care how little free space you have around it.

 

Deeper over longer all the way to cubes. If I was building a reef, then I would want smaller reef dwelling fish and more possibilities for structures and flows. Long is just long, and I really hate shallow 18" tanks. I realize that is all relative, but 18" just isn't enough to work with. Even 120g 4x2x2 is cool... but I was looking at 60x30x24 for my next tank and would really love a 4x3x2 all the way to a 4x4.

 

Get the 60x30, my 93 cube is 30 deep, I love it, my buddies tank is standard 90 gallon, 18 deep and There is a big difference in how the fish behave, in his tank they maily just go from one end to the other, wash and repeat. With a deep dimension tank they go front back back and forth, it's more interesting to watch IMO.

 

I much prefer length and front to back depth over height.
Trying to landscape with no front to back really sucks and you end up with rock stacked against the back glass before its ove rwith.
Fish love length, especiall swimmers like tangs.\

Trying to clean a tall tank is a PITA, up on stepstools or ladders gets old.

 

Yeah, that's what I've been reading about scaping narrow tanks, people hate it. I am just a little concerned about high tanks, which is the lights. I am going with LED.

Yeah, 18 is too short. I wouldn't get anything less than 24.

But how about those fish who love long swimming like Tangs?

That's a good point. But I have been always cleaning my tank with stepstools... hahaha. I am more worried about lighting for tall tanks. Not sure if LED will penetrate deep enough.

 

I go for the biggest foot print over height or length. I dont like long and tall tanks. Absolutely hate the deminsions of a standard 55 and standard 125. Gimme a 40 breeder over a 55 any day. The bigger the footprint, the more area you have to place corals, and also the more surface area you have for oxygen exchange. Trying to aquascape a long tank ends up being a rock wall stacked as closely to the back glass as possible with no room to place corals. looks like crap.