right size tank....

miskairal typed:
The bigger the better but not too tall. I have a 700litre tank but
it's too tall for me to reach to the bottom. Height would ideally
be the distance from your arm pit to your hand.


That CAN be a problem. I have a 150-gal. custom tank 5' x 2' x 2'. I love
the depth and width, but I'm short and I have to stand on a stepladder to
reach the bottom, and if I don't drain some water before I start, I'm in up
to my neck and dip my boob too! LOL

Cindy

HAVE ANY PICTURES OF YOU CLEANING YOUR TANK !?!?!?


"Cindy" wrote in message
. net...
miskairal typed:
The bigger the better but not too tall. I have a 700litre tank but
it's too tall for me to reach to the bottom. Height would ideally
be the distance from your arm pit to your hand.


That CAN be a problem. I have a 150-gal. custom tank 5' x 2' x 2'. I
love the depth and width, but I'm short and I have to stand on a
stepladder to reach the bottom, and if I don't drain some water before I
start, I'm in up to my neck and dip my boob too! LOL

Cindy

LOL....I know how that is I have a 80 gallon freshwater that I can't
reach to the bottom of standing on a tall ladder. I feel like it would be
easier to stand inside of the tank and clean it. ) With a sal****er it's
even more important to be able to reach down to the bottom of the tank.

Susan
"Cindy" wrote in message
. net...
miskairal typed:
The bigger the better but not too tall. I have a 700litre tank but
it's too tall for me to reach to the bottom. Height would ideally
be the distance from your arm pit to your hand.


That CAN be a problem. I have a 150-gal. custom tank 5' x 2' x 2'. I
love the depth and width, but I'm short and I have to stand on a
stepladder to reach the bottom, and if I don't drain some water before I
start, I'm in up to my neck and dip my boob too! LOL

Cindy

Yep, my wife has that problem even with smaller taller
tanks......perhaps a course in SCUBA is in order..;-)

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:56:31 GMT, "Susan"
wrote:
LOL....I know how that is I have a 80 gallon freshwater that I can't
reach to the bottom of standing on a tall ladder. I feel like it would be
easier to stand inside of the tank and clean it. ) With a sal****er it's
even more important to be able to reach down to the bottom of the tank.

Susan
"Cindy" wrote in message
igy.net...
miskairal typed:
The bigger the better but not too tall. I have a 700litre tank but
it's too tall for me to reach to the bottom. Height would ideally
be the distance from your arm pit to your hand.


That CAN be a problem. I have a 150-gal. custom tank 5' x 2' x 2'. I
love the depth and width, but I'm short and I have to stand on a
stepladder to reach the bottom, and if I don't drain some water before I
start, I'm in up to my neck and dip my boob too! LOL

Cindy



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The original frugal ponder! Koi-ahoi mates....

I actually thought of that ;o)

Susan
"Roy" wrote in message
...
Yep, my wife has that problem even with smaller taller
tanks......perhaps a course in SCUBA is in order..;-)

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:56:31 GMT, "Susan"
wrote:
LOL....I know how that is I have a 80 gallon freshwater that I
can't
reach to the bottom of standing on a tall ladder. I feel like it would
be
easier to stand inside of the tank and clean it. ) With a sal****er
it's
even more important to be able to reach down to the bottom of the tank.

Susan
"Cindy" wrote in message
digy.net...
miskairal typed:
The bigger the better but not too tall. I have a 700litre tank but
it's too tall for me to reach to the bottom. Height would ideally
be the distance from your arm pit to your hand.


That CAN be a problem. I have a 150-gal. custom tank 5' x 2' x 2'.
I
love the depth and width, but I'm short and I have to stand on a
stepladder to reach the bottom, and if I don't drain some water
before I
start, I'm in up to my neck and dip my boob too! LOL

Cindy



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\\\|///
( @ @ )
-----------oOOo(_)oOOo---------------


oooO
---------( )----Oooo----------------
\ ( ( )
\_) ) /
(_/
The original frugal ponder! Koi-ahoi mates....

My first tank was a 29 gallon.
NOT GOOD FOR EXPENSIVE FISH...Tangs, Angles etc....
But it seemed to work pretty well with Cheapy fish like damsels and Chromis.
I personally have a 75gal, however a 350 gallon would be awesome...$$$

I like what Billy says 75g to 150g and Wayne, stick with standard sized
tanks.
Non-standard would be like the All-Glass 75 Bow Front.
Hard to get a scraper on the front of the bowed glass.

Also with marine fish rule of thumb, 5 gallons of water per 1" of fish.
They get polluted quick, so bigger is always better.


"Michael Lawford" wrote in message
...
Here is a question for us all - what do you consider to be the perfect
sized tank?

Is bigger always better? Most people i chat to always want bigger
tanks...

~m