How Big Is Too Big Of A Tank For An Office?

I'm new to bigger tanks and looking to get my first one over 30 gallons. I have a home office I would really like to put a bow front 46 gallon tank. I'm also getting a better deal on this combo than a smaller 36 gallon bow front, hence why I'm leaning that way. My office is about 9 1/4 feet by 9 1/4 feet, give or take. I have an office desk on one of the walls with some equipment that comes off the wall about 2 1/2 feet.

I would like to put the 46 gallon tank on the opposite wall. According to my online research the tank stand comes out about 16 1/2 inches. I'm worried this may be too cramped but not sure. Any insights for those of you who are more experienced than me? Thanks.

 

I'm new to bigger tanks and looking to get my first one over 30 gallons. I have a home office I would really like to put a bow front 46 gallon tank. I'm also getting a better deal on this combo than a smaller 36 gallon bow front, hence why I'm leaning that way. My office is about 9 1/4 feet by 9 1/4 feet, give or take. I have an office desk on one of the walls with some equipment that comes off the wall about 2 1/2 feet.

I would like to put the 46 gallon tank on the opposite wall. According to my online research the tank stand comes out about 16 1/2 inches. I'm worried this may be too cramped but not sure. Any insights for those of you who are more experienced than me? Thanks.

Hello Mango...

Any tank is too big for an office. An office is really not the place for a personal fish tank. There are two main reasons: If you had a water accident, that could present a problem for you. The other reason is even better. What if for whatever reason, you were let go? Then, you'd be spending some embarrassing time breaking down the tank and hauling everything out. This picture isn't pretty. I'd recommend leaving the tank at home.

Now, if you're the boss. That's something else.

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Hello Mango...

Any tank is too big for an office. An office is really not the place for a personal fish tank. There are two main reasons: If you had a water accident, that could present a problem for you. The other reason is even better. What if for whatever reason, you were let go? Then, you'd be spending some embarrassing time breaking down the tank and hauling everything out. This picture isn't pretty. I'd recommend leaving the tank at home.

Now, if you're the boss. That's something else.

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Thanks for the reply and I understand the concerns there. It is a home office, so it's where I conduct all my work whether I'm employed or not. If it was a traditional office I would definitely agree. My main concerns/question is about the size relative to the room and desk I have in there currently.

 

I'm new to bigger tanks and looking to get my first one over 30 gallons. I have a home office I would really like to put a bow front 46 gallon tank. I'm also getting a better deal on this combo than a smaller 36 gallon bow front, hence why I'm leaning that way. My office is about 9 1/4 feet by 9 1/4 feet, give or take. I have an office desk on one of the walls with some equipment that comes off the wall about 2 1/2 feet.

I would like to put the 46 gallon tank on the opposite wall. According to my online research the tank stand comes out about 16 1/2 inches. I'm worried this may be too cramped but not sure. Any insights for those of you who are more experienced than me? Thanks.

Hello Mango...

Apologies...

I missed the part about the office being in your home. My mistake!

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Well I’m not going to get much work done anyway so I’m going with a 4’ 75 on the wall to the right of the desk. You want to be able to roll your chair back look right and say ahhh. Yes the fish look hungry.

 

If you rearrange the office you might be able to squeeze it in, but the real question is that will it distract you from work?

I work from home and my tanks are not in my home office. I like to keep them separated.

 

I would take some boxes and build out the dimensions that you'd be interested in! Like big moving boxes or something. Then live with it a couple days. Leave room or factor in the equipment that goes outside of the tank. Like filtration. Power strip. And if you don't have GFCI (probably) ...extra room for a GFCI thing to plug your power strip into since you're dealing with water and electric.

This is mine. Kinda big LOL Options are limited.



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Tanks would be a problem if something or somebody could ram into it. Even with a vacuum cleaner for example. Or a door. Or kids playing.

OR if they're too big for the person to maintain! 46 is pretty good, IMO.

 

There's this GCFI / Surge with three outlets but I put that in my kitchen on a desk. (already GCFI, on the wall too). Too much trouble to use it down low on the wall, IMO and only three plugs so you have your light, heat and filter minimum.




That strip surge is fantastic with the individual on/off controls on each outlet....for an aquarium. ^^^ prev post

 

There's this GCFI / Surge with three outlets but I put that in my kitchen on a desk. (already GCFI, on the wall too). Too much trouble to use it down low on the wall, IMO and only three plugs so you have your light, heat and filter minimum.

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