Upgrading tank...opinions please

[omreardon]

Okay,

I have a NC DX 12 gallon nano reef. It has mostly softies and a rather large frogspawn and a few acans. I have decided that I would like a little more room for more corals and such and am looking to upgrade my tank.

I have 2 options.

1) A 46 gallon bow front tank that I love the look of. It is 36" long but pretty darn deep (21" I think).

2) A tank that is 36" long, 12" wide and 14" deep, I think it is around 26 gallons or so.

I have a 4X39 watt T5 36" long light with individual reflectors that I would like to use. I really like the look of the 46 gallon best but I'm not sure if the light would be enough. I want to keep mostly softies and LPS corals with maybe a simple SPS in the upper reaches of the tank. No clams.

Any thoughts on which tank would work best? I would rather not buy another light fixture.

Thanks,
Olivia

 

[ct_vol]

21" isn't too deep... I think you'd be fine with your T5's... I'm pretty sure that Chris was running a similar 29g setup...

 

[omreardon]

Cool,

Thanks Randy. Any other opinions?

I guess I will be looking for live rock and such, maybe at the middle TN swap in January.

Olivia

 

[GPhiAce]

Yeah, my old 29 setup was 4x24w T5s with one reflector and I had a clam on the bottom that was fine. Grant it, I had other issues, but those were newbie problems. I think it's fine.