who knows about this tank

Honestly, it looks like you will only have about 12" front to back to aquascape which is pretty tight. If you like the 65, get a regular 65 with a sump and have the full 36x18x24 to stack your rocks in.
 
I know thats what the dimensions are, but once you subtract the filtration chamber, your actual "display" space is much smaller. If the tank is much shorter, that may be ok, but with that height, only 12" front to back is going to be difficult to work with.
 
so what would you recommend something like a shallow and wide cube/square {{and now you have me thinking that the tank may be 12" width because of the filtration already set up in the back (its a reef ready basically) or if its truly 18" width and the filtratiion goes farther back}} btw i will need space for acropora coral frags... this is what im puting in my tank if i get it...what do you think about this
1. purple acropora coral
2.tri color montipora vase
3. elk horn frag
4. spiiny cup coral
5. montipora cap coral
6. mated pair extreme misbar percula clownfish
7. mated pair of lined seahorse
8. curious wormfish
 
ok, first off sea horses and an sps reef don't mix. Seahorses need a lower flow, and sps need a significantly higher flow. You need to choose one or the other.

Second, the tank you linked to has outside dimensions of 36x18, and the filtration is inside of that making your actual display space roughly 12" front to back. Thats pretty tight.

Look into setting up with a sump. It really will make your life easier, especially if you are shooting for SPS. the 65g tank is a standard size, and you can get them reef ready with built in overflows which makes setting up a sump really easy. Also, think about your lighting. At that depth for sps, you are going to want at least a 6 bulb t5 with individual reflectors like the tek series. If you go for a slightly shallower tank, like the 40 breeder (same footprint as the 65 but shorter) it will make lighting a flow a little easier for you to achieve.
 
i may stick with the corals instead of the seahorse... what brand is your 40g breeder and what are the dimensions of it ... if you bought the tank online could you possibly send me a link
 
You will not want to hear this, but, you really should try keeping a couple of LPS corals and a hardy fish or 2 for the first year to see if you can be successful w/ them.
From reading your posts and responses, clearly you have no experience in reef keeping, no insult intended.
Most people w/ experience cannot keep Acros. You should try a Montipora or bridsnest species after you have learned from keeping LPS like frogspawn or brain.
I agree w/ user that you should go w/ a RR tank and a sump. Start saving money, my friend!
 
do you have the t5 or metal halide lights on your 40 .... im just starting to learn about them and thats what my LFS are starting to swap out on there display and put on there shelves
 
no offense taken..i have a 7"-8" maroon clown now and have had it for the past year and 1/2 now and i recently purchased an acropora frag from my LFS and its growing good... all water changes are 10% every 1 1/2 weeks.. ive never done corals besides this frag i have now and i am gonna put the fish in first before the corals and slowly put them in.... ive got my money saved for this stuff and am ready
 
I currently run a 4 bulb t5 over my tank and get decent growth. You could go 6 bulb and get a lot more growth, but it isnt entirely necessary. If you want other fish in that tank, I would consider trading in that maroon as they are notorious for being nasty little buggers.
 
Sounds good, I would go w/ MH if you can take the heat. I've been looking at a couple of LED fixtures(24") for my anemone tank that is a standard 36" AGA 65g tank.
With SPS, you need to not allow alk to fluctuate very much and keep it around 3.0 mEq/L so that you don't get alk burn causing STN or a rapid decline when you do a WC.
 
oh and for the link click on the circle that says reef ready, acrylic overflow cover, bulkheads and sumptank and see what you think about that
 
Rimless can be beautiful, but you need to be really careful with your fish selection as you don't want anything that can even remotely jump. And FWIW, Ive had fish that weren't known jumpers, jump out of my tank.

Lighting the tank you linked to will be difficult with t5's, so you may end up with halides or an led rig. Personally I would stick with more standard dimensions so you have more options for lighting down the line, but it really comes down to what you like and what you want.
 
thanks for all your help, i appreciate it... and one last thing do you breed fish because you have a 40g breeder or is that just the type of tank that breeders use
 
Clowns can get pretty agressive too, so be careful that anything you put in won't get destroyed by it. 7-8" is pretty big for a 40 gallon tank, so you might not be able to keep many other fish, and if that clown is like mine, it will want the tank their way, not yours.

Just saying. :)
 
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