12 feet of tanks OR a 12-foot tank

[FJB]

Certainly not the same. One could argue the former is great, but wouldn’t it be awesome to have a tank where fish swim along the entire 12-foot span? The two six footers in my basement are great and I am happy, but that 12-footer would simply be awesome!

Funny how we always want a bigger tank. It is amazing how large a tank looks when it is empty. Then you fill it up and place a couple of rocks or driftwood; not so large anymore, usually.
I suppose I never really have a big tank; my largest tank was a 6-foot 150 and I don’t have it anymore. I did have over 30 tanks back then (mostly 3-footers) when I was into discus.

The current ‘large’ tanks I have are two six footers. For a long time one of my favorite aquarium sizes has been the standard 75gal (48 x 18-inch footprint); I still have 2 of those. Wouldn’t it be swell to have 3 of those next to each other for an 18-foot span? But would it be better to have an 18-footer, even if it wasn’t wider or taller? I guess I will never know as no tanks larger than 6-footers may be coming my way in the foreseeable future (and even at that size, I don’t see any coming soon).


Cheers to you ALL with the big tanks!

 

[TwoHedWlf]

You know what's better than a 12 foot tank? Two 12 foot tanks!

Actually, I might lean towards the 2 sixes being better, gives you more flexibility for keeping incompatible fish, or just fish at all if you have an ******* that eats anything small. (I'm looking at you my polypterus!)

 

[robmcd]

Looking good!! I would love a 12'x2'x2' tank in my garage but I don't think it would even fit.

Are both of your tanks 18'' deep?

 

[fishguy1978]

Tanks look amazing. Having a long tank or a wall of tanks looks good.
My ideal tank used to be a 96 x 24 x 24 but now would be 96-120 x 30-40 x 24 but a 144 x 30 x 24 would be amazing.

 

[aroijuana]

12 footer is almost impossible to get into most houses lol. Two 125s look awesome, two 8x2 240s would be sweet.

 

[twentyleagues]

Either would be great. Two 6' tanks would allow for more flexibility in stock. 12' would allow for some fairly large or fast high energy swimmers, or a few pairs of some larger chiclids that wouldn't normally work in a single tank.

 

[FJB]

Yeah, I guess the flexibility of the 6 footers is always a plus.
Yes, the two 6 footers are a 125g (72x18), and a 110ish (same footprint but just a tad lower).
An 8x2' or 7x2 would certainly be awesome, and longer...yes as well !
I am not complaining though.....
Cheers!

 

[duanes]

Being a cichlid enthusiast, I have found a number of 6 ft tanks usually work best for me, one tank per mated pair.

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Maybe not as aesthetically pleasing as one large tank, but safer aggression wise.
More than one adult pair in even a large tank is often frought with problems.
Given the option, a pair of cichlids the size of adult Parachromis, Vieja, or other similar size pairs will use at least the equivalent of 250+ gallons (4 x 4 square feet) as a breeding area, and consider any other cichlid that ventures within that space competition to be dealt with harshly, and the others get pinned to a relatively small space on an end..
I usually run 3-5 tanks on 1 sump, with one large pump, which makes changing water on all those tanks at once quite easy.

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

Funny enough, this is the situation I'm in. My pair of 1.83m long 473 liters (as written in my signature) amounts to 3.66m in total, just what this thread is about.

I find having the pair of tanks works best for me. They're big enough for everything that lives or will live within them, and the biggest upside of all has to be the flexibility in stock twentyleagues mentioned.
As an example, for me, that flexibility allows me to have a rescue Siamese fighting fish in one of the 1.83m tanks that wouldn't be compatible with everything in a 3.66m tank (because of fin-nipping yoyo loaches), and allows me to have weather loaches that I wouldn't be able to in a single 3.66m tank (their temperature requirements of a maximum of 25 Celsius overlaps with everything in the planned 473 liter, but the fish in the existing 473 liter need >25 Celsius).

 

[DMD123]

Having an 8 foot 300 gallon, I love when the fish follow me as I walk past the tank. This would be even more fun with a longer tank! 12 foot tank would be awesome!