Originally Posted by
apawiper
http:///forum/post/2986321
Tell me about yout problems please, i don´t have the tank yet and it´s good to know the "practical" problems that I could have.
thankss.
My tank was custom built into the wall. My husband designed it, and I didn't know enough about tanks to know what I wanted, so I just went along with whatever. The problem now is that I can't reach the bottom. That means if a piece of coral, rock, dead fish, etc... hits the bottom, it is a mission and a half to get it out. Add to that the tank is the width of the wall. So as I am swimming in my tank to get to the bottom, I have to worry about knocking something else off because the tank is so thin. Also, it is hard to arrange rock work so that it won't fall, but it also doesn't touch the glass. I pay someone $75 a month to come do a monthly maintance for me. I just can't do it myself. For example, just the other night a hermit or smail must have knocked off a really nice shell with some xenia on it. I decided to "go swimming" and fix it. Well when I did that, I bumped a rock that bumped another rock. One thing led to another and I had an avalanche on my hands. One of the rocks fell on my blue hippo! It took me an hour and a half to pick everything up and arrange it so that it would stay put. I think it is not just the height, but also the width that makes it tough. Hope this helps.
