fish77
New Member
Hi,
After long negotiations i have the permission to install a aquarium in the living room. However there are a few conditions:
1. It should be unbreakable and not leaking.
2. It should fit in the corner max 1.28m (a bit more than 4 ft)on the short sides and 1.81m (6 ft) on the long side
As for the breaking and leaking i guess i need to use an acrylic (plexiglass tank), even i use safety glass the silicon seams still could fail with the time. i am aware that acrylic will scratch but i rather have a scratched tank than a flooded living room.
As for the corner i still searching a suitable shape. Quarter cylinder, delta and pentagon tanks would not work because it would be very difficult or impossible to keep the corner. So i was thinking of either a long hexagon maybe with bowfront with 1.8m (6ft) length and 0.6m (2ft) width. Or a cylinder with 1.2m diameter on a turntable so i could clean the whole tank. i would use a backdrop in the tank. Behind the tank would be some plants in trays most likely orchids to use the full corner.
I live in Switzerland and acrylic tanks are not common here they are only used for very big seawater tanks. Thats the reason i write to this forum as acrylic tanks are more popular n the English speaking world. Are there UK manufacturers which would ship a tank to Switzerland. As shipping will be troublesome i need to be sure the tank is made very well.
The aquarium will be a freshwater with inhabitants from the Malayan Penisula (Malaysia,Singapore,Southern Thailand) i will move my Trigonostigma heteromorpha and pangio kuhli once the tank is set up and cycled in.
Any suggestions on a tank manufacturer as well as the shape and set up would be very welcome.
Greetings Matt
After long negotiations i have the permission to install a aquarium in the living room. However there are a few conditions:
1. It should be unbreakable and not leaking.
2. It should fit in the corner max 1.28m (a bit more than 4 ft)on the short sides and 1.81m (6 ft) on the long side
As for the breaking and leaking i guess i need to use an acrylic (plexiglass tank), even i use safety glass the silicon seams still could fail with the time. i am aware that acrylic will scratch but i rather have a scratched tank than a flooded living room.
As for the corner i still searching a suitable shape. Quarter cylinder, delta and pentagon tanks would not work because it would be very difficult or impossible to keep the corner. So i was thinking of either a long hexagon maybe with bowfront with 1.8m (6ft) length and 0.6m (2ft) width. Or a cylinder with 1.2m diameter on a turntable so i could clean the whole tank. i would use a backdrop in the tank. Behind the tank would be some plants in trays most likely orchids to use the full corner.
I live in Switzerland and acrylic tanks are not common here they are only used for very big seawater tanks. Thats the reason i write to this forum as acrylic tanks are more popular n the English speaking world. Are there UK manufacturers which would ship a tank to Switzerland. As shipping will be troublesome i need to be sure the tank is made very well.
The aquarium will be a freshwater with inhabitants from the Malayan Penisula (Malaysia,Singapore,Southern Thailand) i will move my Trigonostigma heteromorpha and pangio kuhli once the tank is set up and cycled in.
Any suggestions on a tank manufacturer as well as the shape and set up would be very welcome.
Greetings Matt
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