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kidkaos520

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This is great the girlfriend suggested to me that maybe we should UPGRADE tanks. I was kinds shocked when she said it. SO now I have to run with the idea before she realizes what she has done. I was thinking maybe a 55 or so...I live on the second floor of an apartment building so i think that shoould be fine. Anyway I am not sure if I want a cube or a long....any suggestions?
 
may as well go 90 almost the same foot print length wise, just a little deeper front to back and a hair taller. most bang for the buck on the 4 foot class. I did alot with my 90.
 
depends on the layout of the room, and if you are on a budget id go with a standard size because they run cheaper, and the stand and canopy are going to be cheaper and not custom. longer i think is better if you are going to run swimmers in your reef like a tang. but its just my opinion.
 
yea it would be a nice change to have some swimmers in the tank. I think my big thing would be learning about sumps and pumps return pumps and all of that jazz
 
nothing to it, your return is a big power head, and the sump is an extension of your filters that you used to hang on the back. the extra water you gain in the sump helps keep your system perameters more constant.I you want, stop by some time this week and ill show you a system thats running and a system under construction. im putting baffles in my sump soon and working on some other things.
 
I agree, I would go with a 90 gallon long tank. You can just do a lot more with it. Plus get the biggest sump you can fit under it.
 
But if you are going 90 gallon, might as well go 120! Still 4ft just taller than a 90 I believe. Go 120, some of the best looking reeftanks i have seen have been 120's.
 
The floor will be fine! unless you are in a ghetto apartment...
If that was the case you whole living room would fall through if you added up all the weight...
LOL... Go for it, I'm sure you will be alright. If not at least you don't own it. HAHAHA...
 
as long as its placed against a wall it should be fine, the floor near the walls is the strongest. the joists get weaker the farther they get from the walls
 
I think you're right to be concerned about the weight on a second floor. While, yes, you can add up all the weight of furniture in your living room, but do you think that would be a wise idea to put all that weight in one spot? The reason your furniture isn't a problem is because the weight is distributed over a larger area. Consider also that you are now going to ADD the weight of the tank and it's contents to the weight of the furniture you already have.

scubabum is right though, if you're going to put a rediculous amount of weight on an upper floor, then near an outer perimiter wall is the best place to put it.

Now, for the matter of leaks/spills/malfunctions: a second floor apartment, I would go no larger than a 55 personally, and even at that, if I were to spring a leak at some point, I'd definitely have renter's insurance that would cover it if something were to happen and your downstairs neighbors are suddenly taking a salt-water shower. They would probably not be pleased, nor would the apartment owners, and for some reason, words that spring to mind are: eviction; lawsuit; ***-kicking, etc.

I know if I had upstairs neighbors that ruined all my stuff and my apartment with an unexpected leak in a fish tank, I'd pound them senseless.

I'm sure you're a responsible fish keeper though, that would never put someone else through that against their will.
Remember, no matter how good you are, or how meticulous you maintain things, accidents and unexpected equipment failures will happen.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

Good luck!
 
Since when do us reefers care about what size tank we have because we might get something wet? We have 100's of gallon tanks held together by silicone!! With my tank now, if I sprung a leak, it would probably knock the wall to my house down! LOL Oh well, No RISK NO REWARDS! GO BIG OR GO HOME!!
 
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