Random Thoughts

I wonder what you guys think of circular reef tanks. I remember I saw one featured in CORAL magazine once and started thinking about them a bit more. A few initial ideas I had:

• Allow fish to swim unobstructed (good for surgeonfish)
• Create great gyre flow very easily. Might create a dead spot though in the center of the tank where the rock work is.
• As long as not too big, could be lit by a single metal halide fixture (tank diameter limited to 24-30” per halide, and the edges will be dimmer)
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