A crazy Idea I had About A New Reef Tank...

[Doahh]

How about 8 feet long 2 feet high and 6 feet front to back?
That would be a SICK tank

 

[weluvfish54]

i agree with husk. well said.

 

[Elliott]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12967977#post12967977 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by huskerreef
Based on some of these responses, the only person to ever own a tank must have plenty of experience or they will most definetly fail. Not true, we all start out somewhere and I would be willing to guess that a lot is learned by research and trial and error. Now if you set up a complete system for someone and explained the basic up keep and maintenance and they have done a litte research they could most likely be successful. For what ever reason people in this hobby, especially the big tank guys, tend to become elitists and quickly jump on the "you don't know what you are getting into" mode. This hobby is not as difficult as some would like to make others believe. To me it sounds like he just wants someone that put together a nice system for him and in return he will make it beneficial for the person that does it or maybe he is intimidated by the whole putting it together part. Not to go off on a tangent, but it just irritates me when a newbie comes on wioth any question and instead of nurturing a new hobbiest, we quickly point out only negatives and intimidations.

agree, this isn't rocket science, then again rocket science isn't all that difficult either. get a hold of a local reef expert until you become more familiar with everything. my first reef tank was 300g, I learned from local reefers

 

[cmlloveless]

Dang... All of you on here are crazy! I will do it! I live in SoCal at the moment and would be more than willing to help you out! They are right in telling you it will be a lot of maintanence, but if you are willing to purchase another tank of equal value for the person who sets it up for you then you obviously have a little bit of money. Thus maybe you would pay to have someone come and help out every once in a while to maintain it for you. Either way if you maintain it or someone else does I would still teach you what you need to know to do it yourself.

In fact I would help you set it up and you could by me a tank for less value than that one! I would settle for a 300g tank with a filter system and lighting!

I have been doing tanks for around 10 years off and on and could tell you from experiance that keeping good water quality is easier with a large tank than a smaller one. A larger tank takes more time to clean (algae), but most people have a better success rate with them than smaller ones as long as they can afford the upkeep!

If you are serious about this hit me up and I will defenatly help you out! You bye I fly and it is a done deal!

 

[8BALL_99]

I'm pretty sure he is a tank builder, Hinse the pay you by building you a tank.

I agree its not rocket science to keep a reef. But I see people in the LFS that can't manage it all day long. Reguardless of how many times you tell them.. Most just have to learn over time.. Like most everyone here did. Thats great. But 700 gallons is a big learning curve IMO.

Would you want Power heads or a closed loop or both? Becket or needle wheel? BB or Deep sand bed or shallow. Maybe a Refuge with a Deep sand bed maybe not..Maybe a Refuge with Miracle mud. I mean the list goes on and on of things you wouldn't know cause you have never had any of them.. I know you learn as you go what works for you and what doesn't.. Problem is when your learning On a HUGE tank it will be expensive lessons lol. But to each his own I guess. Alot of people seem to think it doesn't matter what you start with.

 

[cmlloveless]

whats wrong with wanting your first car to be a ferrari.....

Amen!!

A large tank is most definatly more expensive than a smaller one, however, the learning process need only be as expensive as the livestock you place in the tank. It is not like you can kill the tank unless you take a bat too it. I would just recommend holding off on the $1500 fish or coral until you get the swing of things. This hobby is really on as complicated as a person wants to make it. If you are someone who wants to get deaply involved and know everything about the livestock in your tank than it can get complicated. On the other hand if you just like to look at a pretty fish or coral in a nice tank set up then it is a rather simple hobby that requires you being able to keep the livestock alive, especially if someone sets the tank up for you!

I will admit it takes a little more effort than just adding fish food every once in a while, but it is not as hard as a lot make it out to be! I would not help the man set up a multi million dollar set up in 3 days and then say good bye. It would be a process over several months to cycle the tank and get him to the point of adding livestock on his own a little at a time.

If he has his own prefernces as too which equipment he wants to use then by all means we will use it. If not we will go with what I would use!

 

[Macimage]

Please let us know where you are located in S. Calif.. Your offer sounds more than fair and I am sorry that others were not kind in the other forums in which you posted your idea.

I may be able to help you find someone that can work with you, as I'm pretty sure you are not in the high desert near us.

Joyce