Depth of tank

[DavidWong]

I heard somewhere that there is a theory that discus grow better in deeper tanks.

The rationale to use the deep tank is that they will have better sense of security and thus be less prone to get frightened in deeper tanks.

Does this school of thought hold any water ?

[April]

hmmmm..... no idea. but i like the deeper tanks for a nice group. my favourite size tank i think was my 90 gallon.
guess you better go buy one of each and put them beside each other and buy a new group of fish for each tank...and then get back to us with your results. hows that sound?
a great excuse to go buy more tanks and fish if you ask me. all in the name of an experiment. ;D

[limige]

hehe, i'm pretty happy with my 190 but a 220 would be nicer!!! ;D

[korbi_doc]

Gee, David, I wish someone would answer that ?. I'm planning to leave my small brood in the 65g hex tank which is deep-30". Thought they would grow better in there & if your answer is positive that would help my decision. AT least they're growing lol, Dottie

[lufckarl]

i have heard something along them lines.Mine is 30" aswell and everything is o.k.

[Rick_May]

I don't think depth matters, as long as its over 18", I think Volume is more important than depth. Anyone want to check this out?

[daninthesand]

[quote author=Rick_May link=board=1;threadid=10913;start=0#113638 date=1057183337]
I don't think depth matters, as long as its over 18", I think Volume is more important than depth. Anyone want to check this out?
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Yeah Rick sure... thats what they all say.... ;D
size doesn't matter....but 18" ! ! ! ! yikes ...... ;D ;D

[Rick_May]

I knew someone was going to jump on that one. ;D I kept think how to phrase this....its not the depth, its the size...nope sounds wrong. how about, "its not the shape of your tank it's how much water it'll hold"