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Now that Munster has posted some awesome prices and I have convinced the wife to let me replace the 20 gallon, I'm resurrecting this poll I started before the site crash. The candidates are 30x30x24 cube (70 gallons) or 92 gallon corner bow.
I know some of you will say go for the 92 because it's bigger. Well, it's not, in terms of useable space, but because the tank will go in the corner of my living room, fit is a premium and if I go with a cube 30x 30x 24 is pushing it, and I might have to drop to a 24x24x24 cube (currently the 20 is 24x12x18H) so I am doubling my usable space at least.
Remember that the main feature of this tank will be plecos and secondarily, it will be planted lightly (not sure about CO2 injection yet).
Anyway, I'd like to hear some pros and cons. The ones I know of are:
Corner bow Pros:
1. space efficient
2. wow factor
Cons:
1. difficult to light
2. distortion for photos
Cube Pros:
1. Nice footprint
2. More width to aquascape
3. Way more lighting options
Cons:
1. difficult to position for viewing - juts out into room if facing out, or see corner edge is fitted into corner
I know some of you will say go for the 92 because it's bigger. Well, it's not, in terms of useable space, but because the tank will go in the corner of my living room, fit is a premium and if I go with a cube 30x 30x 24 is pushing it, and I might have to drop to a 24x24x24 cube (currently the 20 is 24x12x18H) so I am doubling my usable space at least.
Remember that the main feature of this tank will be plecos and secondarily, it will be planted lightly (not sure about CO2 injection yet).
Anyway, I'd like to hear some pros and cons. The ones I know of are:
Corner bow Pros:
1. space efficient
2. wow factor
Cons:
1. difficult to light
2. distortion for photos
Cube Pros:
1. Nice footprint
2. More width to aquascape
3. Way more lighting options
Cons:
1. difficult to position for viewing - juts out into room if facing out, or see corner edge is fitted into corner