500G Cylinder tank

A cylinder tank would be awsome but sounds like a headache to manage. How do you run all the equipment in a tank you can see from all sides? How do the tanks look? Let me know if you need any help hauling them into the house.
Josh

 

Long tongs?!?! REALLY long tongs /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/tongue.gif

 

That sounds like it would be a fun tank for sure, i would do an overflow in the center, then maybe either make or buy some custom ceramic rock that goes around the overflow. It would be sweet to get a custom stand and canopy built for it as well.

 

The other day in the shower, I do my best thinking there, I was thinking a cylinder on a turn table. Real slow like one rev and hour.  Center overflow with the suply lines inside the overflow but free standing so the over flow would rotate around it. I was thinking you could have a scraper that sat still andwould  clean the glass ever hour. That would be great right up till the time a snail got jammed in it. This tank would sit at the end of the bar that is hypothetical also. I think you could sit at the bar for a couple of revs and drink a beeer or ten.
Craig cut it into to 3 footers. I might buy one.

 

I have seen cyclinder tanks before with a central over flow and all return plumbing run up through the center. The overflow and equipment were covered by fake rock inserts. That way the inserts could be removed for maintainance and cleaning.If done right the central tower could even house some powerheads or a closed loop. It would be a kick *** seahorse tank... /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

C'mon you need wider stairs anyway....who can live with a 43" staircase...lol

 

the other thing is how wide is your front door, you would have to make it wider

 

You mean a Sea Dragon? (Its from the sea horse family)

 

How big are your windows?

 

Thats not leagal, I guesss thats why you built out of Black Hawk.

 

From Wikipedia:

Sea dragons are protected by Australian law. Obtaining them is often an expensive and difficult process as they must be from captive bred stock, and exporters must prove their broodstock were caught before collecting restrictions went into effect, or that they had the correct licenses to collect them. To date, no successful, closed cycle, captive-breeding program has occurred (ie getting a generation of captive-raised sea dragons to breed). Sea dragons have a specific level of protection under fisheries legislation federally and in most Australian states where they occur, such that it is illegal to take or export them without a permit.

They are very fragile and unstable outside their natural habitats. Success keeping them has been largely in the public aquarium sector, due to funding and knowledge that would not be available to the average aquarium enthusiast.

 

its so he can make his stash and not be seen /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/tongue.gif
JUST KIDDING!!!