Tank upgrade

achilles

achilles

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Sep 22, 2005
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Hi, we've got a sole red devil currently in a four foot tank (approx 50 gallons). He's around 7 or 8 inches long (I'm not so good with imperial measurements - Australia is metric!) and we've been looking to upgrade the tank to provide a bit more room. While we've had him for about 18 months now, I'd still class myself as a newbie as I'm not the most knowledgeable fish keeper. Still, this site is a great source of info!

I've found a tank which is a 350 litre (92 gallon) corner tank. Being a corner tank this allows him less length to swim up and down, though there is more depth. Would this tank be suitable or should we perhaps be looking for a five by two foot tank to provide more length?
 
What are the dimensions of the corner tank? Is he in there alone? It is hard to say what is better, a long narrow tank or a tank that has a lot of depth. Generally I look at the surface area of the tank and decide from there. There are exceptions, especialy when keeping territorial speices together I tend to believe that a long narrow tank is best(Only if the width is sufficent for the size of the fish).
 
If he is by himself, then I would say that that tank would be ok. Sounds like a nice tank.
 
Thanks ashdavid - we've been after a corner tank for a while and it only just occurred to me to wonder whether the shape would suit. Now I've just got to win the auction!
 
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