Long Shallow Tank.

I have seen long andshallow Tanks in Gav's, they were for Snakes but I'd love to keep a Six footer so I could enjoy a large shoal of Cardinals, Rummies or dwarf Cories do their thing... Other than finding suitable stock lighting or covers etc, are there any other difficulties lurking in keeping such Tanks?

Here's a link and Pic to give an idea of what I'm thinking of.


www.aquariumlife.com.au/showthread.php/9...t-and-long-nano-tank



Kev.

should be no problems.I'ts all still down to appropriate filtration vs' stock and water volume.

dose look the business alright id say a lot off Cardinals in the setup would be mind blown

sean

I loved the look of the ones Gav at FFF had made for a customer, Other decent LFS can probably make them too but his was the first place I have seen one in the flesh, if I knew what I was doing in the future I think I'd have a go but my plans are on hold due to poor health of a Family member but I will, at some time , give one a go although Furniture for it won't be straight forward, damn I'd love to give it a go..

Kev.

That would be a sweet tank for shoaling fish mate, a six footer would look amazing with the stock you have in mind swimming up and down all day. Also, imagine the fun you of all people would have planting that thing .

Jay

I've done one of these in an old house i used to live in..one of the plus sides is the light doesn't have far to get to the bottom so growing carpeting plants is well easier.

The tank in the pic show looks amazing Kev,

I have been toying with the idea of creating a tank myself, not quite so shallow, was looking into an 8' tank of perhaps 12" to 15" deep. Thinking of setting up so its got quite a flow in the water but in one direction only and populating with fast moving shoaling fish.
To that end after a lot of research, I came across this idea for the set-up of a river tank - www.loaches.com/articles/river-tank-manifold-design
This set-up was intended for hillstream loach. I am sure with the correct flow rates and some thoughtful aquascaping, rocks could be used to create slower spots of water and allow plants to flourish as they would in a river. Would also provide the fish with a place to sit out of the current.
I am sure the species you mention would look great tearing about in the currents in such a set-up. Obviously requires a bit of research on species of both Fish and plants. Have the plans drawn up for the tank, now trying to decide if its a DIY Glass or Acrylic tank I want. Also working on the calculations for the water flow rate so i can get suitable power heads to drive the set-up.
Thinking of going with the acrylic option as I could integrate the whole set-up while building and bond the undergravel pipework in place. Also thinking of building an overflow onto the end of the tank rather than the sponges on the return pipes as shown in the link. This way I could have the overflow spill into a filter bed and draw the return water from the bottom of it eliminating the necessity for a separate filtration system.
Has anyone out there set up a river tank? would be interested in your feedback and inputs if you have any direct experience of such a set-up. Definitely interested in hearing about planting and fish options for such a set-up.

BillG