what's the biggest tank you would want to take care of?

[jhale]

lets say you did not have to worry about the cost, but you still had to take care of the tank, and do everything else you normally do, like work.
how big of a tank would you like to keep?

would anyone get a smaller tank than you have now?

 

[nanoreefer22]

I would like to keep a 120. It just seems like the perfect size for aquascaping and lighting it wouldn't be hard. That would be my ideal set up.

 

[Deanos]

Since I'm too lazy to calculate volume right now, I'll say a tank 72"x24"x24" would be great for me. That size should suppress any urge I'll get to go larger still.

Dean

 

[jhale]

Kris, you can have my 120 when I upgrade
But don't hold your breath, I had my 55 set up for like 7 years.

I'd like something the same shape as the 120 just bigger.
120" long 36" wide and 36" deep would be nice. I'd have the biggest clean-up crew you ever saw. about 2,000 snails.
it's 673 gallons.

edit, what do ya know, glasscages.com has one just like that.

[ April 29, 2005, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: jhale ]

 

[House of Laughter]

Deanos, that size is a 180 - my dream tank!

Oh, wait, I have it already - go ahead it's OK to hate me!



House

 

[nanoreefer22]

LoL.

John, I'll be waiting.
Thats a whole lotta gallons. You could probably go diving in your tank. You probably would have to, to get all the corals in place.

 

[marrone]

I would go with my tanks, which are 72"l x 26'w x 36"h, except I would connect them together and have 1 12 foot tank. And since I'm doing that I might as well add another 1 foot in height to make them 4' high but maybe not as 3' in height is really hard to clean the glass and do things in the tanks.

 

[jhale]

Jim you have room for at least two more big tanks in your basement. you can put a chair in the middle of the room and look at all the tanks as you spin around

 

[Deanos]

SIGH........

 

[jhale]

Michael, that's not fair, you Already have the tanks!

I like the idea of the 12' tank, you'd need to get in the tank to clean it if it was 4' high.

 

[michael stern]

Mine is damn close: 102" L x 30" W x 32" H, apx 420 gal

 

[mandarin]

My dream tank would be a 180 as well. A friend of mine just put a 300 gallon custom in his new house. It's incredible.

 

[marrone]

There was a guy on RC that put in 3 large tanks, in the wall type, in his basement and had a bar on the otherside of the basement. He placed chairs in front of them for people to sit down and look at the tanks. Looked alot like the NY Aquarium just with a bar.

 

[jhale]

Mine is damn close: 102" L x 30" W x 32" H, apx 420 gal

okay, do you have any pic's of my dream tank?

are you happy with that size? or do you want to upgrade?

 

[jhale]

There was a guy on RC that put in 3 large tanks, in the wall type, in his basement and had a bar on the otherside of the basement. He placed chairs in front of them for people to sit down and look at the tanks. Looked alot like the NY Aquarium just with a bar.

that sounds like just too much cleaning. my back is aching from thinking of all the water and salt buckets you'd have to carry.
I'd like to visit it though.

 

[jackson6745]

My dream tank would be something about 220ish. I would want a 6ft length with at least a 30" width. I really don't think I would be able to care for a tank larger than that (assuming it's an SPS reef)

[ April 29, 2005, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: jackson6745 ]

 

[cali_reef]

My dream tank would be 84Lx30Wx24H, about 260 gallons. I have a perfect spot in the house for it.

 

[Sean]

I just set up a tank in my new shop it's 72 x 48 x 24 inches tall

I thought it was perfect but now that I'm looking at it I should have made it 96 inches long

 

[jackson6745]

Sean what are you putting in that monster?!!!!

 

[jhale]

wow 48" wide, that's awesome depth!

Sean what are you putting in that monster?!!!!

I think anything you want to