Hanging tank, anyone?

[Jan]

[Chad]

Huh.

 

You know, thinking about it, using a design solution like that could make adding a standing wave to the tank a really, really simple and low energy prospect!! I bet it could be done less than a watt for a 2" wave!

 

Of course the design problems you would have to overcome to get there are not trivial...

 

 

[Jan]

Chad, I love you to pieces, but your just too technical for me. You lost me after "Huh". LOL!

 

Huh.

 

You know, thinking about it, using a design solution like that could make adding a standing wave to the tank a really, really simple and low energy prospect!! I bet it could be done less than a watt for a 2" wave!

 

Of course the design problems you would have to overcome to get there are not trivial...

 

 

Edited December 15, 2011 by Jan

[tightline]

Chad, I love you to pieces, but your just too technical for me. You lost me after "Huh". LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

lmao jan me 2

 

dont think i like the looks of the tank though

[Guest thefishman65]

I think he want to swing the whole tank bank and forth. I think he would have trouble with the sump lines?

 

How big is that tank? Should you be worried about the limited support under an acrylic tank?

[Chad]

Haha, Rob got it. LOL, my wife generally just glazes over when I go off on a tangent like that, so I am used to it...

 

Based on scale of things in the picture, I bet the tank is on the order of 125 gallons, I would definitely be concerned about the acrylic bowing over time. If it were me, I would have built a SS frame around the whole base of the tank. To their credit, though, that does look like a pretty thick bottom as compared to a standard tank of that size. Acrylic has a tendency to creep under constant stress, though...

 

I find it interesting, but looking at it, I think that I find it intersting because of the challenges that needed to be overcome to accomplish it and the fact that it is different from what we normally see. Although, I wouldn't have the return lines go in/out the bottom like that. They detract from the effect the designer was trying to achieve.

 

I wouldn't want it in my house, though.

[Jan]

There's just no reason to hang a tank like this other than being the first to do it. Nothing aesthetically pleasing about it. Agreed that the plumbing detracts from whatever look they were trying to achieve. At least have the plumbing going up. that way it give a true floating effect to the tank. Who knows.

[jason the filter freak]

Meh

http://www.opulentitems.com/Hanging-Fish-Tank_p_939.html

[Jan]

Now this is very cool.

 

Meh

http://www.opulentit...Tank_p_939.html

[Jan]

^ Reminds me of a neurologist I used to see. He had a 180 in his office. Gorgeous set up with LR in the base of the stand. Berlin filtration. He always had water in the tank. Pumps running. Lights on and the tank was loaded with gorgeous shells, dead coral that was pure white, etc. Never any fish. I asked why he never had fish in the tank and how he kept the coral so white. His answer "I don't like dirty things. I add bleach to the tank once a week. I like the sound of the water trickling and how pretty and clean everything looks" strange dude.

[treesprite]

^ Reminds me of a neurologist I used to see. He had a 180 in his office. Gorgeous set up with LR in the base of the stand. Berlin filtration. He always had water in the tank. Pumps running. Lights on and the tank was loaded with gorgeous shells, dead coral that was pure white, etc. Never any fish. I asked why he never had fish in the tank and how he kept the coral so white. His answer "I don't like dirty things. I add bleach to the tank once a week. I like the sound of the water trickling and how pretty and clean everything looks" strange dude.

 

Wow. Can you imagine being married to someone like that?

[Ben&Em]

Huh.

 

You know, thinking about it, using a design solution like that could make adding a standing wave to the tank a really, really simple and low energy prospect!! I bet it could be done less than a watt for a 2" wave!

 

Of course the design problems you would have to overcome to get there are not trivial...

 

Lol. I dont even want to think about swinging a 1000+ pound tank. Any mechanical part that moves is a part that will eventually fail. Just the thought of a reef tank falling gives me the shivers.

[sam75]

I don't think the design problems would be too hard to overcome and the cables would likely be stationary so if the michanical portion failed the tank shouldn't fall. My problem is who the H-E-double hockey sticks wants to look at a swinging tank for more than 30 seconds?

[Jon Lazar]

If you're going to do something crazy like this, go big. Leave the tank stationary, and move the whole room around it.