I have had reef aquariums for 15 years and marine fish for ten prior to that. The issues I have had in those years are two. First noise, I would have a hard time with the noise in my present 400 gal. reef. The sump is in the basement and the tank above it but the overflow still makes a rushing noise. I have thought about a mini reef in my music room, possible circulating through the main tank but have not figured it out yet. The electrical noise is hardly an issue if you have dedicated circuits, I have the pump and metal halides on the other side of the panel to keep them as separate as possible. The other issue I had was about twenty two years ago, my wife and I were making a water change. The 55 gal. tank was between two rooms and up high. Or TV was below and in front. The bucket I used to pour the water into the tank slipped and about a gal. of salt water went into the TV. Damn tune just never worked the same after that. After three years it died, I opened it up to find a green aged copper look, very nice.
I think if it's well thought out a tank would be awesome! I don't know if you could do this but if there was a room on the other side of the wall, the entire tank could be set in that room with a cut-out for the tank. It would be very easy then to control the noise and would not effect the depth of the sound stage.
And yes Clueless, I have about 70 corals in mine. If you think Audio is expensive, you have not tried marine aquariums. Some Red Sea fish can run close to $1000 and corals can cost close to that for healthy specimens. It's a real drag when those babies die, try selling a dead Red Sea Angle over the Internet, maybe we need to start ReefgoN and the beginners can buy the old timers dead stuff.
I think if it's well thought out a tank would be awesome! I don't know if you could do this but if there was a room on the other side of the wall, the entire tank could be set in that room with a cut-out for the tank. It would be very easy then to control the noise and would not effect the depth of the sound stage.
And yes Clueless, I have about 70 corals in mine. If you think Audio is expensive, you have not tried marine aquariums. Some Red Sea fish can run close to $1000 and corals can cost close to that for healthy specimens. It's a real drag when those babies die, try selling a dead Red Sea Angle over the Internet, maybe we need to start ReefgoN and the beginners can buy the old timers dead stuff.