I know that, in a nutshell, they make tall tanks for the average consumer who doesn't have the floor space and doesn't know that it's worse for the fish. However, I am wondering if they have any practical uses?
For one thing, I am thinking what if I had 3-8" of sand at the bottom of the tank, and kept like 2-3 schools of loaches (5-8 per school), ones that get to be only 4" or 6" max... I think they'd love having the depth of the sand? And then since the tank is tall I still have a normal amount of space for some other fish? (Am considering buying a tall tank that is something like 38-50 gal.)
And I am really wondering if anyone installs "levels" somehow in their tanks? (Even if the tank is not tall.) I am not sure exactly how it could work out well for cleaning, etc, but I am imagining say you could put in 2 platforms across your 40 gallon, and now you have 3 small long tanks kind of. On each level, there would be sand, and I guess however it's designed there would be some spillage of sand to a lower level. Maybe the fish/inverts could move between the levels, probably better if they couldn't. Anyone know what I mean? I guess that people would generally just buy the longer tanks with more footprint, or more smaller tanks, or use typical dividers. But I am thinking of having more floor space without actually using my floor space. And I just think it could be really neat if done correctly.
For one thing, I am thinking what if I had 3-8" of sand at the bottom of the tank, and kept like 2-3 schools of loaches (5-8 per school), ones that get to be only 4" or 6" max... I think they'd love having the depth of the sand? And then since the tank is tall I still have a normal amount of space for some other fish? (Am considering buying a tall tank that is something like 38-50 gal.)
And I am really wondering if anyone installs "levels" somehow in their tanks? (Even if the tank is not tall.) I am not sure exactly how it could work out well for cleaning, etc, but I am imagining say you could put in 2 platforms across your 40 gallon, and now you have 3 small long tanks kind of. On each level, there would be sand, and I guess however it's designed there would be some spillage of sand to a lower level. Maybe the fish/inverts could move between the levels, probably better if they couldn't. Anyone know what I mean? I guess that people would generally just buy the longer tanks with more footprint, or more smaller tanks, or use typical dividers. But I am thinking of having more floor space without actually using my floor space. And I just think it could be really neat if done correctly.
