Problems with 44 gallon pentagon

mattc183 · 04/19/2007, 05:21 PM

besides its 30 inch depth. I'm trying to decide if I should switch everything in my 55. I think a 400watt mh pendent would do great on the tank, but not the 55. I also have very little sandbed in that narrow *** tank. I know I should go up in size not down. But most standard sized tanks have the same single halide lighting problems as the 55.

fatrip · 04/19/2007, 05:37 PM

i currently have a 44 pent, the corner tank, not sure if you are tanking about that. besides lighting, i have run into the problem of quascaping it, very difficult to fit the rocks just right to make 2 walls down the sides. Viewing has been my main frustration. there are 2 corners splitting up your viewing area which kinda sucks. if you have the choice and you wan to stay in that gallon range, i would go with a 40 breeder. JMO

04/19/2007, 05:21 PM	#1
mattc183 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: enid Posts: 100	Problems with 44 gallon pentagon besides its 30 inch depth. I'm trying to decide if I should switch everything in my 55. I think a 400watt mh pendent would do great on the tank, but not the 55. I also have very little sandbed in that narrow *** tank. I know I should go up in size not down. But most standard sized tanks have the same single halide lighting problems as the 55. __________________ An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr Current Tank Info: 55+

04/19/2007, 05:37 PM	#2
fatrip Yup That Stuff Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: , ny Posts: 4,317	i currently have a 44 pent, the corner tank, not sure if you are tanking about that. besides lighting, i have run into the problem of quascaping it, very difficult to fit the rocks just right to make 2 walls down the sides. Viewing has been my main frustration. there are 2 corners splitting up your viewing area which kinda sucks. if you have the choice and you wan to stay in that gallon range, i would go with a 40 breeder. JMO __________________ Vince "We learn from history that we never learn anything from history." Hegel