On 06/22/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Carol Shenkenberger: Re: The Mystery
Almost Solved.

CS> It wasnt really.  It was a small pet store, bird food and some birds, a few
CS> other oddiments as well.  You'd have to go to Japan to understand the
CS> shopping there. Most stores are very small by our standards.  That one was
CS> probably 11x13 or so.  Like most there, it expands to the sidewalk when
CS> open (grin)


Actually, I lived in Japan for almost three years back during the first half
of the 80's, so I have a good idea what you are talking about. Japanese houses
and apartments are the same way...quite small according to American standards.

CS> Very close!  It's 28 tall and i guess a little less wide (dont have
CS> anything handy to measure with). Maybe 55 wide?


Being an experienced aquarist yourself, I imagine that you already know the
"magic formula", that being L x W x H divided by 231 cubic
inches, because one
gallon of water occupies 231 cubic inches of space in an aquarium. Of course,
after you add your decor and substrate, you actually have a lot less water
than that.

CS> The fellow i got it from showed me a picture of it loaded as a salt water
CS> reef tank.  He had anemones and things like that in living coral banked up
CS> about 14 inches towards the back.  Some salt water fern like things, and
CS> some small reef fish.


When I was actually in the business -- I was a pet store mgr almost 20 years
ago, and then had my own aquarium design and maintenance biz -- I used to
design and maintain tanks from 5-300 gallons in size. One reef tank at a local
hotel made the front page of our local newspaper. The largest tank I have
personally ever owned was a 170 gallon tank...which was a reef tank when I
sold it.

CS> I've not tried that but it really is an optimal design for that structure.
CS> Now in my case it's been a gold fish tank but the surface area isnt optimal
CS> for really large fish and you can get into problems where they grow so big,
CS> they have trouble turning around.


Yeah, that narrow width would be a problem, no matter what kind of tank you
set up. Personally, I have always preferred long tanks, as opposed to high
tanks. High tanks can be more unstable and dangerous, and don't afford as much
surface area, or living space, for a reef type environment. Shallow tanks also
allow the light to penetrate better to the bottom, for the sake of the corals,
anemones, etc.


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