Vote: Franken Tank vs Living Room Showpiece

[sen5241b]

If you've seen many pics of tanks online you know that there basically two types of aquariums: the "science experiment" with a myriad of PVC pipes connecting the fuges, filters and ATOs; koralias, water flow tubes and other noisy equipment hanging all over. And then there is the "living room showpiece" with all unsightly equipment hidden in a cabinet or behind a wall --a perfectly aquascaped tank where aesthetics trumps functionality.

Which do you prefer?

 

[RyanG]

Showpiece

 

[dustin_P74]

mine is a showpiece with just three koralias visible. and thats the way i like it

 

[sen5241b]

Yeah, I'm for the showpiece.

 

[yote]

Showpiece,No doubt.

 

[Piggy]

Got to agree Showpiece.

 

[dustin_P74]

plus another good thing about the showpiece tank is it looks more natural

 

[Bifferwine]

The frankentanks are just people trying to get their tanks into showpiece condition. Why WOULD anyone want a frankentank (Napoleon Dynamite emphasis on the WOULD)?

 

[RyanG]

I have to say though if I had a frag tank I would want that all sorts of frankenstein.

 

[sen5241b]

I guess this guy isn't voting.

 

[dustin_P74]

i would have to agree with that statement

 

[stagofdoom]

whoops picked wrong one....

I meant to pick showpiece. I need to go to sleep now.

 

[daugherty]

my tank has to look nice

 

[Rcpilot]

Y'all got something against the Borg Nano? :shock:

I actually prefer a clean showpiece. But I just don't have the room for that. I've removed the canister from the frag tank. It looks "okay" now but it's no showpiece with all that algae on the rocks.:mrgreen:

 

[dustin_P74]

well that tank is for making money, not for displaying

 

[Alexander]

bwahha lol @ "guy not voting" Showpiece for sure, The problem is most of us dont have the skill and or money to do it. my perfect scenerio is the huge 7-8 foot long in wall tank with tank room behind it so i can make as big of a mess as i want and have all kinds of crap in there. additionally having a reefkeeper or some system similar with digital displays next to my bed to monitor things like temp (we will see if i can ever get away with that.) also email alerts if there are any changes that happen.


then the ultimate dream of course is a large enough show tank for my black tip reef sharks

 

[dustin_P74]

so you plan on opening an aquarium?

 

[Alexander]

so you plan on opening an aquarium?

not quite, just 5000-8000 gallons :mrgreen: