Tall/column Aquarium Maintenance

[far1977]

Hi All

New to the forum but not fish keeping.

I have traditionally had hex or rectangular fish tanks but was attracted to the aesthetics of a 6ft column aquarium, can anyone think of any drawback in relation to

Heating/ heat distribution

Filter related

Airation

Cleaning

Added water pressure due to height of the column

I would be particularly interested hearing from viewers who are running these currently

 

[Sean W.]

how are you supposed to vacuum that?

i personally wont buy a tank that my arm cant reach the bottom of comfortably...

 

[england]

can't imagine any fish that swims up and down rather than along, what seriously could you put in the that would'nt get the benz on the way up to the suface, filteration i cant see what would filter that unless you have filters all the way up at interval's,if a fish died how would you remove it? heating again would be cold to hot unless having three or four heaters at intervals...maybe iam wrong but could not see other than 1 male betta, lord he would feel strange swimming up and down

 

[keenonfish]

Remember those baking powder submarines? That is about the only thing I would personally put in one of them!

 

[Davo86]

Remember those baking powder submarines? That is about the only thing I would personally put in one of them!

These have been designed as a 'decoration' and not a fish tank and therefore fail completely to work as an aquarium

 

[Curiosity101]

Keeping it heated wouldn't be a huge problem. Just everything else! Hehe.

You'd just have to put a couple of heaters in 1 at the bottom and 1 halfway up. As the water was heated it should rise creating a convection current. The first heater would get the water moving and the second heater should keep it moving. This should distribute the heat quite evenly.

But other than that what a poorly designed 'tank'. I agree with Davo in that I don't think this was every really designed for fish.
I think it was designed to be appealing to the eye and it also happens to be watertight.

 

[keenonfish]

Remember those baking powder submarines? That is about the only thing I would personally put in one of them!

These have been designed as a 'decoration' and not a fish tank and therefore fail completely to work as an aquarium

I thought I pretty much said that really

 

[far1977]

thanks all - idea duly discarded