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StupidsReef
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Jeff, he didn't get the joke. You can stop picking on the poor fella now. He's not Greg!! :lol:
StupidsReef
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Jeff, he didn't get the joke. You can stop picking on the poor fella now. He's not Greg!! :lol: You can only pick on the slow and helpless like.......Ummm........Oh yea Greg!! :lol:
bigmike7544
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id agree with going with a big tank. im a lil over a month now on my first SW tank and i started with a 125 and a 55g sump. so far no problems still fairly new. but looks so much better than a lil bitty tank. i love it!
I ws never saying larger tanks are not more forgiving. I was simply asking some pretty obvious questions that stemmed from comments alterity made. Sorry I have been keeping a nano 12g for almost two years. It has taught me the discipline it takes in this hobby.
Get a bigger tank its more forgiving, you can ignore mistakes even longer before things start to die.
Going big isn't always the answer. Regardless if you get the tank we will all be here to help you. Wasn't stabb selling a tank?
Get a bigger tank its more forgiving, you can ignore mistakes even longer before things start to die.
Going big isn't always the answer. Regardless if you get the tank we will all be here to help you. Wasn't stabb selling a tank?
drgabe
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I am with levon on this one. Yes a larger tank is more "forgiving" but it also has higher demands. More Ca, more salt water, mor RO/DI on hand... more, more, more. You are always going to underestimate your needs for the tank.
I'd take the money and get all of the equipment to make your 29g stable and superb. Once you have acheived great results with that, then think about going big.
I'd take the money and get all of the equipment to make your 29g stable and superb. Once you have acheived great results with that, then think about going big.
Buy big stuff now.
When I had the 25 as a frag tank (I run my frag tanks like a personw ould run a real system) I bought things that would work for a 70. Now I am running that 70 and am buying things that will run a 120+. It is maybe costing me more in the long run but it gives me the luxary of learning a great deal about all types of equipment and what works best for me along the way. RO/DI, water chnages, halides (on the 70), T-5's (had them on the them on the 25), sumps, skimmers, fuges.
My nano cube is still very difficult to maintain in terms of water quality when compared to the 70 gallon frag tank but all the time spent will help me have a great display tank one day.
I made a deal with myself when I started this hobby
If I cannot keep the nano with three corals and one fish alive, then I wont accept the responsibility of a larger tank with more life on my hands.
Think of it like this. If you have one dog and you cant get its pen clean and keep feeding it and taking it outside to take a crap. Then would you get 12 dogs? Not without inovation and time spent upgrading with a doggie door and food systems and other things. Even with all those items 12 dogs takes more time than 1.
When I had the 25 as a frag tank (I run my frag tanks like a personw ould run a real system) I bought things that would work for a 70. Now I am running that 70 and am buying things that will run a 120+. It is maybe costing me more in the long run but it gives me the luxary of learning a great deal about all types of equipment and what works best for me along the way. RO/DI, water chnages, halides (on the 70), T-5's (had them on the them on the 25), sumps, skimmers, fuges.
My nano cube is still very difficult to maintain in terms of water quality when compared to the 70 gallon frag tank but all the time spent will help me have a great display tank one day.
I made a deal with myself when I started this hobby
If I cannot keep the nano with three corals and one fish alive, then I wont accept the responsibility of a larger tank with more life on my hands.
Think of it like this. If you have one dog and you cant get its pen clean and keep feeding it and taking it outside to take a crap. Then would you get 12 dogs? Not without inovation and time spent upgrading with a doggie door and food systems and other things. Even with all those items 12 dogs takes more time than 1.
That was similar to the deal I made with myself. The 29g was supposed to be to learn sw. Not as a long term display tank. My opinion with getting something larger is plain and simple. I probably will have to break down and start over with the small tank. If I do, I've learned many of the items of water quality, etc. What I don't know are the items in a big tank, sumps, pumps, lighting, etc. But learning will get me to the point I can put stuff in and then I can have the livestock I really want instead of nano livestock.
