how big can i go

[teena]

I have a pinguin330 a 220watt odyssey compact light & a aqua protein skimmer, i have everything in a 55g now, how big can my next tank be, that i can use what i already have.?

 

[ste6168]

uhh... how much live rock, any protein skimmer, inhabitants, i think you will have to be more specific with your post... answer to your question though you could go as big as you want, use the light you have as actinic support for the new MH you will buy and the penguin to run carbon with the bio-wheel removed.

 

[teena]

i do have a skimmer and 6 good size rocks, im useing the wheels now should i take them off? i have a 75g i can use. but i baught a shouldertang and thats still not big enough.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Yeah you dont want the Biowheels...

Also make sure your stand will fit the tank.

Whats a "Shouldertang"?

What skimmer do you have?

 

[teena]

why not what does it do? do i just take them off & let it run like that?

 

[ste6168]

I am not tryin to be mean or difficult in any way, but it is hard to give you and answer when you do not know specifics. From what i know now if i were you i would go out and purchase a decent skimmer. Then i would get a 20l aquarium and custom make a sump. I would get about 50lbs or base rock from reeferrocks.com and seed it with like two pieces of the rock you have now in the 75g tank you have. After cycling is complete transfer over the rest of the rock and inhabitants and you should be good. Unless you want to go bigger than a 75g, maybe get a 90 or 120. Then you will need a bigger sump, skimmer, more rock, everything. I wouldnt reccomend taking out the biowheels now becuase you might caus another cycle and kill off you inhabitants. But on your new tank i would not run them and use the filter to run carbon.

HTH, Mike

*edit- biowheels have been known to raise nitrates in your tank. are you currently testing you water, if so what are your parameters?

 

[teena]

thanks i guess i will try the 75g & c where that takes me.