Is Your Aquarium Against A Wall?

[cheeky chappie]

my current set up (rio 180) is against a wall in my lounge/diner, kind of sits between the two rooms so i can see it from most places when i'm in the lounge area or dining room area. however, i live alone sad: ... no wait a minute i've just thought what it would be like to live with someone 24/7 ... ) and in my dining room area i have a dining table that hardly ever gets used.

now if you can picture it, as you look from my lounge area up into the dining room area, the table sits side on. what i'm toying with doing is putting my rio 400 (planning to upgrade later this year or next) where the dining room table is and putting the table elsewhere. the plus is i'd be able to see the aquarium from any angle including 'the back' which i imagine most folk can never view their aquarium from. the obvious downside is on the rare occassions when i do want to use the table it won't be in that location, also i won't be able to see the aquarium when i'm sitting in the lounge area.

so what do you think? worth a try or better off putting my 400 where the 180 is and leave the table where it is at present?

 

[james_fish]

I wouldn't personally have a fish tank in the middle of my room (unless I was minted and had a lot of space) my Roma 200 is also against the wall but in my bedroom.

Not that there is anything wrong with having it in the middle of the room, just not my taste. Remember you will need to scape it so it looks good from 4 sides (which is easier said than done!) plus the cabinet will need to attractive from 4 sides, some cabintets are a plain sheet of wood which isn't nice looking, and some have gaps in the backing (like my Roma)

It would be an interesting project however.

James.

 

[Proxo]

Agree with above, you could make yourself a cabinet that is nice on the eyes from all 4 sides but to scape it the same,
would be very hard + you'd see all the wires/pipes ect on 1 side too?

 

[fluttermoth]

I'd only do it if I had shed loads of money so I could run an overflow/sump system; even then, unless you have a basement you can run all the pipework/electrics to, you'd still have to run the wires/pipes underneath the floor to make it look neat.