boilermaker1
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The great debate is on. I'm trying to keep the floor of my new apartment whole (I'm told its 1' thick concrete) so I'm sitting here pondering 75G or 65G.
I have a 29 right now, its overgrown and getting too small, but moving always provides a chance for upgrades.
I'm leaning towards the 75, but its got its pluses and minuses.
The tanks are about 17 bucks difference so I'm not sweating that, and I'll be DIYing the stand so an extra few feet of wood isn't a big issue either. The kick in the pants is the new light, but I don't know if I would have been overly happy with a 2x96PC over a 65G anyways, so I may have bought a new one anyways.
Skimmer would be the same for both, and I assume the AGA overflow is pretty standard, making the return pumps the same size. Couple extra lbs of sand, a few extra rocks, and thats about it. I'm not too worried about dollar issues.
but as far as fish go... how much do my options open up by going to a 4 footer? I was surfing live aquaria, and going more by the size they provide in inches for the fish rather than their recommended gallons... and it seems that there's not a whole lot of reef safe fish between dwarf angels and tangs. Now the tang police doesn't need to tell me not to put one in a 75 , I know better unless I can find a way to keep the rocks really open, but what do people with these mid size tanks do? Pairs and groups of schooling fish? I guess I'd like to get something "large", but I guess I'm realizing its still not that big of a tank. So do my options really change? Or is gonna be wrasses, gobies, clowns and the other 4"ish fish, just in decient number, where going to the 4' tank just buys me some more swimming room?
My tank right now is a bit too rocky. I'd like to open the new one up. I probably have nearly 60 lbs of rock in a 29 after all the rock that hitchhiked in on corals ended up in there.... I wouldn't mind actually starting out with about 75-85 lbs (and adding more corals with presumably more rock stuck to them) and seeing how open that leaves me for more swimming room, then maybe going from there if its not enough.
I have a 29 right now, its overgrown and getting too small, but moving always provides a chance for upgrades.
I'm leaning towards the 75, but its got its pluses and minuses.
The tanks are about 17 bucks difference so I'm not sweating that, and I'll be DIYing the stand so an extra few feet of wood isn't a big issue either. The kick in the pants is the new light, but I don't know if I would have been overly happy with a 2x96PC over a 65G anyways, so I may have bought a new one anyways.
Skimmer would be the same for both, and I assume the AGA overflow is pretty standard, making the return pumps the same size. Couple extra lbs of sand, a few extra rocks, and thats about it. I'm not too worried about dollar issues.
but as far as fish go... how much do my options open up by going to a 4 footer? I was surfing live aquaria, and going more by the size they provide in inches for the fish rather than their recommended gallons... and it seems that there's not a whole lot of reef safe fish between dwarf angels and tangs. Now the tang police doesn't need to tell me not to put one in a 75 , I know better unless I can find a way to keep the rocks really open, but what do people with these mid size tanks do? Pairs and groups of schooling fish? I guess I'd like to get something "large", but I guess I'm realizing its still not that big of a tank. So do my options really change? Or is gonna be wrasses, gobies, clowns and the other 4"ish fish, just in decient number, where going to the 4' tank just buys me some more swimming room?
My tank right now is a bit too rocky. I'd like to open the new one up. I probably have nearly 60 lbs of rock in a 29 after all the rock that hitchhiked in on corals ended up in there.... I wouldn't mind actually starting out with about 75-85 lbs (and adding more corals with presumably more rock stuck to them) and seeing how open that leaves me for more swimming room, then maybe going from there if its not enough.
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