I am in the planning stages of a 6 foot long reef tank. It will be a peninsula style and be a partial room divider in our large family room. I was thinking the height to be 29-30 inches and the width to be 30 - 36 inches. My preference would be 29 inches tall because I plan to put some wood trim around the top lip of the tank that would stick up about 1 inch for wire management, thus making it 30 inches from the top of the wood.
The size of the room or cost is not a factor as far as the width goes, so I can do 36 inches wide if needed. With the live rocked stacked in the middle of the tank, at 30 inches wide, I think there is plenty of room the clean the glass and for the fish to swim. However keeping the tank to about 250 to 265 gallons might help to keep the cost down on a Lot of the other equipment needed. And do I really need the width to be 36 inches wide?
I am interested in other opinions and other considerations I should think of. Your input is appreciated. Thanks
The size of the room or cost is not a factor as far as the width goes, so I can do 36 inches wide if needed. With the live rocked stacked in the middle of the tank, at 30 inches wide, I think there is plenty of room the clean the glass and for the fish to swim. However keeping the tank to about 250 to 265 gallons might help to keep the cost down on a Lot of the other equipment needed. And do I really need the width to be 36 inches wide?
I am interested in other opinions and other considerations I should think of. Your input is appreciated. Thanks