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Hello everyone,
I am picking up an established 120g this week with the itention to house a Longhorn Cowfish. I've been doing tons of research, and plan on having the tank running for a month or more, and kicking out all current livestock so I can introduce the Cowfish first and build from there. (Yes, I know he will get big and eventually need 200~). As I've said, I've been doing tons of homework.
My question is in regards to where I'm wanting to place my tank in relationship to my home theater, as I have seen one (literally one post) out of all my research that said their Cowfish was stressed out from sounds outside of the aquarium / movement / pets / kids.
The area I'm wanting to keep the tank is highly trafficked in my home, so this one post has me slightly concerned. First off, I've done tons of research regarding keeping fish tanks in loud areas (I.e. googling 'fish tank in home theater, fish tank near loud tv, etc') and most of the responses I've seen are very uneducated, and of course do not specifically apply to the tempermental Cowfish.
The tank will not be located directly in my theater room, however it will be about 6' away, behind a small wall partition. The surround sound is high-end and it's all directional to the seating of the viewer, and no speakers or sound will be directed towards the tank at all. I do have two subwoofers and run a decent amount of bass, however the sound does not heavily travel towards where the tank will be.. I guess what I'm looking for is someone with knowledge of how the Cowfish might respond to sound, and if perhaps I should place some sort of monitor in the tank and blast some music to see if it's too loud? I'd like to get this sorted before I place and fill the tank, as I can likely move it to one other location in my house.
Thanks!!
I am picking up an established 120g this week with the itention to house a Longhorn Cowfish. I've been doing tons of research, and plan on having the tank running for a month or more, and kicking out all current livestock so I can introduce the Cowfish first and build from there. (Yes, I know he will get big and eventually need 200~). As I've said, I've been doing tons of homework.
My question is in regards to where I'm wanting to place my tank in relationship to my home theater, as I have seen one (literally one post) out of all my research that said their Cowfish was stressed out from sounds outside of the aquarium / movement / pets / kids.
The area I'm wanting to keep the tank is highly trafficked in my home, so this one post has me slightly concerned. First off, I've done tons of research regarding keeping fish tanks in loud areas (I.e. googling 'fish tank in home theater, fish tank near loud tv, etc') and most of the responses I've seen are very uneducated, and of course do not specifically apply to the tempermental Cowfish.
The tank will not be located directly in my theater room, however it will be about 6' away, behind a small wall partition. The surround sound is high-end and it's all directional to the seating of the viewer, and no speakers or sound will be directed towards the tank at all. I do have two subwoofers and run a decent amount of bass, however the sound does not heavily travel towards where the tank will be.. I guess what I'm looking for is someone with knowledge of how the Cowfish might respond to sound, and if perhaps I should place some sort of monitor in the tank and blast some music to see if it's too loud? I'd like to get this sorted before I place and fill the tank, as I can likely move it to one other location in my house.
Thanks!!