40 Gallon Aquarium Complete Setup - $50 (Renton)

[Loren]

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/for/6133182205.html

 

[VickiK]

wow.

 

[clownie]

That style of 40 has always given me problems. Out of 3 I have owned 2 blew out in the front panel. Hella of a mess!

 

[julzhull]

That style of 40 has always given me problems. Out of 3 I have owned 2 blew out in the front panel. Hella of a mess!

That's horrifying.

 

[sir_keith]

That style of 40 has always given me problems. Out of 3 I have owned 2 blew out in the front panel. Hella of a mess!

Same here. These kinds of tanks are just too tall for their footprint, and seem inherently unstable.

 

[VickiK]

Rut ro. Good to know.

 

[FishBeast]

That style of 40 has always given me problems. Out of 3 I have owned 2 blew out in the front panel. Hella of a mess!

Yikes!! For the same reason I am not a fan of tall tanks (not to mention hard to reach the bottom)..

 

[VickiK]

Yikes!! For the same reason I am not a fan of tall tanks (not to mention hard to reach the bottom)..

This whole thread is making me worry about my shrimp tank. 12 Gallon Column Affair...........

 

[julzhull]

This whole thread is making me worry about my shrimp tank. 12 Gallon Column Affair...........

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But it's not super wide. I think you're ok.

 

[FishBeast]

You'll be fine since the water pressure is distributed across a narrower surface width, as @julzhull states. I am also guessing that since it is a smaller tank, the strain on the glass from pressure is relatively less compared to the glass thickness.

 

[VickiK]

Thanks you guys. *muah* @FishBeast & @julzhull

it's gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous outside and I'm here typing at the FishBox. Holy cow. What is wrong with this picture? LOL

I'll tell you what it is, my lawn man is here and kicked me out of the backyard so he could mow and edge! hahahahaha
I have, truly, the best lawn guy in the universe. His name is Tuan Tran and he is the BOMB.

There's some info you'll never use but I like to put that goodness out in the universe.

 

[FishBeast]

Thanks you guys. *muah* @FishBeast & @julzhull

it's gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous outside and I'm here typing at the FishBox. Holy cow. What is wrong with this picture? LOL

I'll tell you what it is, my lawn man is here and kicked me out of the backyard so he could mow and edge! hahahahaha
I have, truly, the best lawn guy in the universe. His name is Tuan Tran and he is the BOMB.

There's some info you'll never use but I like to put that goodness out in the universe.

Tuan is da man!!

 

[sir_keith]

This whole thread is making me worry about my shrimp tank. 12 Gallon Column Affair...........

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Just not enough water in that tank to make the dimensions a problem; you should be fine. Now if you kept the proportions the same, but increased the tank volume 10-fold, that would be a whole different story, because the seams holding the tank together would not increase in strength 10-fold. Ouch!

 

[FishBeast]

^ this!