height of aquarium

[slcw]

Hi ,

I am planing for my 5ft aquarium. I plan to have a 60 inches (L) and 30 inches (W) aquarium but undecided for the height.

Useful info

1)The cabinet will be 38 inches (tall) to cater for the skimmer.

2)My arm reach is 24inches.

3)The aquarium will have a 4inches sticker (to hide the water level at the surface to the aquarium top)

4)I plan only to have max 3 inches of sand.

5)My emphasis will be mainly LPS

6) i am 68 inches tall, eye level is 64inches

7) aquarium will be a room divider

8) Arcadia MH 2 x 150 watts

I read several books and visit many sites, but wish to hear out your opinion.

Q: should I go for 30 inches height, 27 or 24 inches?

Concerns:

a) applying info 3, if the height is 24 inches, less the top view due to sticker (4inches) less 3 inches of sand, will have 17 inches of viewing and landscaping. would the aquarium look odd given the length and width?

Maintenance would be back aching if 30 inches

c) dun quote like to have water level taller than me.

Could u shine some light on the direction i should take?

thanks a million

[pegasus1010]

common size would be 2ft - 2.5ft.

2ft will be ok for u in dis case, 2.5ft would render your hand unable to reach the bottom, unless u had very high dsb, abt 5-6".

mine was 2.5ft, dis the only downpoint for me.

I like water taller than me though.

[Rocky99]

i think the tank may look more impressive if the water level is above eye level..... or at least the tank edge is above eye level....