Hey all. I have an opportunity coming up later this year to build out a home theater in a new house. One thought was to incorporate a reef tank extending the room's entire length. Is it possible (safely) to join two framed 10'x30"x30" tanks end to end by removing respective L&R end panels?
Joining two tanks end-to-end?
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randomfishdude
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Maybe. But you would probobly have to have a little piece of wood or plastic where they meet.
SteveMM62Reef
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I would get some Clear Acrylic Tubing and build an up and over, Water Bridge between them, before doing that. Seems like you are setting yourself up for a blowout. If you decide to do that, a Welded Stainless Steel “U” over and down the sides of the Tank, Siliconed to the sides.
Gill the 3rd
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I wouldn't do it. I tried to get that look in my office when I had my freshwater tanks. I had 6' tanks side by side with a piece of wood in between to hide the gap. They were not connected at all, just placed next to each other. It looked good. I kept similar aquascapes so it sort of looked continuous. The nice thing about doing it this way is you can keep incompatible fish in 2 separate tanks but still have a continuous look, sort of.
I ended up redoing the office and put a 10' tank in its place. You can see my build thread for that.
I ended up redoing the office and put a 10' tank in its place. You can see my build thread for that.
No. The end panels are too structurally important to support the weight. If you could find somebody to make you a 20 foot tank, the sides would likely be 3x as thick as a single 10 foot tank.
Connect them with bulkheads.
Connect them with bulkheads.
This is the much safer option, agreed. I definitely want that long, continuous look. I left a msg for customaquariums.com folks. we'll see what they recommend. I really like their build methodology.
