Tank Upgrade Ideas

[Fish Finder]

I wanted to start this thread to get ideas for my upgrade. Eventually I will need to upgrade my 75G eventually so i wanted to get the plain into place. Just wanted to post here to see what kind of brainstorming we can come up with. I am thinking something in the 125G range. Maybe a cube? Not a high but long and wide? or a reg cube? or reg standard 125G? If i go standard 125G then i might be better off going with a 150G since the length is the same but a bit wider. Also what is your take on bare bottom. I am intrigued to do that this time around. What are the pro's and con's? The fish that will be put int he tank are:

1 Yellow Anthias (Holanthias fuscipennis)
1 Orange margin Butterfly (Prognathodes basabei)
2 Chain Catsharks (Scyliorhinus retifer)
1 Bandit Angel (Apolemichthys arcuatus)

My plain down the line after this tank is up for these fish is to:

1. Get 2-3 more Yellow Anthias (Holanthias fuscipennis)

2. Once the sharks get bigger. Set up there own tank with all 5 of them together.

3. try to get one to 2 more deep water fish spices from HWI for my tank.

 

[xvinny631x]

If your going to stock with fish as well go for the longer tank.. I have the marineland 150 cube and wished i had got somethin wider.. Especially with my tangs..

 

[Awibrandy]

Justin, how big can you go? If my floors could support it I'd love a 180 gallons 6' X 2' X 2'. I'm not convinced that 4' is good enough for larger fish. Heck, in the right house I'd really would like something more like 10' X 3' X 2'.

 

[tosiek]

One of the coolest tanks i've seen was a low but wide/long tank, cube footprint. was like 180g or so and sticking out of a peninsula wall room divider. All it had was a center overflow in the back and tall columns of thick tonga branches and rocks that reached the surface that made bridges and stuff. Alot of sandy area and like 3+ inches of sand. And the guy had a shark in there. Sea fans, gorgs, some sea grass, and some LPS and softies with alot of chromis and anthias swimming in schools around the columns.

Theres something about low large footprint tanks with alot of open space that do it for me. As far as the BB tank, i dunno about how good its gonna look with the sharks perusing the floor. Would look cooler with the sand. But if your planning on taking them out later then its fine.

150 is going to have the wider footprint that your gonna want. 120 is a bit narrow.

 

[Fish Finder]

Justin, how big can you go? If my floors could support it I'd love a 180 gallons 6' X 2' X 2'. I'm not convinced that 4' is good enough for larger fish. Heck, in the right house I'd really would like something more like 10' X 3' X 2'.

I can't go any longer then a 72". Any bigger then it would be a outside tank because it will never fit through the door.

 

[Fish Finder]

One of the coolest tanks i've seen was a low but wide/long tank, cube footprint. was like 180g or so and sticking out of a peninsula wall room divider. All it had was a center overflow in the back and tall columns of thick tonga branches and rocks that reached the surface that made bridges and stuff. Alot of sandy area and like 3+ inches of sand. And the guy had a shark in there. Sea fans, gorgs, some sea grass, and some LPS and softies with alot of chromis and anthias swimming in schools around the columns.

Theres something about low large footprint tanks with alot of open space that do it for me. As far as the BB tank, i dunno about how good its gonna look with the sharks perusing the floor. Would look cooler with the sand. But if your planning on taking them out later then its fine.

150 is going to have the wider footprint that your gonna want. 120 is a bit narrow.

Someone suggested to me on another board two dimensions that i kind of like. What do u think?

150 gallon 36 X 36 X 27
200 gallon 48 X 36 X 27

 

[James983]

Justin I'm tagging along on this one. Really want to hear thoughts on bare bottom/DSB or SSB. Personally, I was leaning to a SSB for asthetics, but I want to hear other opinions.

 

[Awibrandy]

I like the 200 over the 150. Better yet 300 gallons 72" X 36" X 27" if your floor can support it.

James983, first you must think about the type of fish you would like to keep. Some require sand!

 

[Master Shake]

go 300

 

[James983]

James983, first you must think about the type of fish you would like to keep. Some require sand!
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Fish are secondary to SPS corals I plan on keeping. I had a deep sand bed in my prior tank but was reading alot about bare bottom tanks to prevent the sand bed from becoming problematic over time. I was thinking of just going with like a 1" base.

 

["Shottaz"]

200 seems good