I love my wife
 

Last night I get home from an excursion with frags and a bunch of new colonies and Glenda is just as excited to come downstairs to hang out while I get everything acclimated and into my tank.

I had to move all my clams over to one side of the tank so I could put the colonies in the middle of the tank on the bottom until I can figure out what to do with them.

During this process she looks and me and says "I think we need a bigger tank" All I could say to her is I love you!!! :p

It's nice having a wife that is as much into the tank as I am. (allthough I get all the work/fun? and she just gets to enjoy the end product)

So with that being said... since it seems I have permission I need to start a bigger tank I'm thinking of what to do? I'm thinking maybe a 4x4x2 cubish tank? That I could still use my one tek and buy a second 4' 8 bulb unit? My vortechs would still be more than enough.

So.. all I need to buy is a tank, stand, another tek and and bigger skimmer?? hmmmm I bet I could keep the cost under 2K. :) :)

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that is cool.
can,t wait to read a new tank thread.

If you have space take a look at the new deep tanks (36" front to back) lots of room for corals and makes for some real cool landscaping possibilities.

Your lucky mine just wants a bigger place so the tank is farther away from the bedroom. She has super hearing and can here everything. She can probably hear what I am typing right now and I am going to catch hell later today.:lol:

Chris

Deep is good! Thats my major complaint with my 90 with only 18" front to back, once you get your rock in there (and especially with an internal centre overflow) I dont have a lot of space. I would go with an external overflow for sure.

Maybe shallow is a bit better too for better light penetration and easier to view top down.

If I were you I would get a longer tank, new lights, and give me a smokin hot deal for the 48" Tek T5s. I think they would look great on my 90!

hahahaha...
oh man.
Common law all the way guys....lol

Love to hear the optimism out there...lol
good luck with your 2k budget:lol:

LOL! That they would!

I love Teks so much, I would never go back to MH.

That's part of the reason I am leaning towards 4' tank as that's as long as the teks go.

where are you gonna put the tank? in the middle of a room 1 side touching a wall or a corner with 2 side against a wall?

with a 48x48" tank its gonna sit quite far from the wall already plus another 8-12" for an overflow hanging off the side, with a tank that big i dont think a overflow would take up any space you would miss, and ive never been a fan of external overflows mostly cause when i look in the tank even with a background the inside of the overflow is right their uncovered and looking all ugly,

The only spot a bigger tank would really fit would be in a corner, with the back and right side against a wall, so viewable from the left side and front.

An internal in the back right corner would work.

I've got some time, as this isn't going to some in the next week, but would be more of a July/August project if I could pull it together.

I'll have to make a trip up to Big Als, they have that one semi cube running just infront of the parts counter and I like the shape, allthough I think it is more like 6'x4' ~300G if I recall correctly.

these are what bigals sell
http://www.marineland.com/sites/Mari...=3600&mid=3228

the biggest problem for me is the 27" depth, the 48x36" size is ok but has dual overflows and that can be a pain,
also if you put the overflow in the back corner good luck ever cleaning or catching fish from in thier with a 48x48 tank,unfortunately you would have to put it on one of the ends probably back left.
my tank is 48x24x28" and the 28" tall really gets to me everytime i drop something or need to pick up a frag also my overflow is in the back middle and i have to get on a ladder and hang way over the tank to get in that overflow so ill be shure not to do that ever again if i dont have to.
i would build a nice custom and maybe get a nice stand built but your probably gonna be $1200-1500 just on a stand and tank, by the time you have this done i might have mine started so ill have that other 8bulb tek light you need.

Hey! that's great Greg. There are a couple larger cube builds on RC (as I'm sure you know) that might be able to help you figure stuff out. One guy has a 4x4x2 cube (I think that's what it is anyways) and it's a great build thread.

Looking forward to whatever it is you decide...if the 90 is any indication, the cube will be killer

IMO go for a 6x4x2. that would give you great depth for coral placement,
and you would have lots of swimming room too.

hmm, you know I need to bust out the tape measure and the masking tape to see how that may look. If I move the positioning to another wall I might be able to get away with 6x4x2. and there is an electrical outlet right behind that spot.

if you do do the cube, would you put it in the corner?

i dont know why,but i always though a big corner cube would look epic

I would never buy another used tank in my life. Did that once, didn't pan out so well so my lesson was learned.

My wife likes the tanks, but at times its more a case of her tolerating them.

However, a couple years ago, I mentioned to her that I had noticed another motorcycle I was interested in for sale and she told me to just go buy it. After I crashed that one into a deer last year and wrote it off reducing my fleet back to a single bike (and incuring a few injuries to me), she was all in favour of me ordering a brand new bigger, better and much more expensive replacement. Of course it helps that she also has two bikes.

When you got a gem, hang on to her.

That's the lesson I'm currently learning.... it would have been cheaper for me to get a starter tank than change everything I'm doing now like I am! :)

I couldn't agree with you more on this one.
In my case, I have the super husband that puts up with my MANY pets.... mostly reptiles.

LOL, Too Cool.

My Superviser here at work wants to travel, and thinking about selling his 225g tank. I told him I'd take it, and told the wife we need to start saving $$$ for a tank. She says how much and what tank,. I tell her the price and it's a complete 225g she goes OMFG, I HAVE to HAVE that tank. And she hasn't even seen it LOL. I'm creating a monster I think

as a guy who loves to buy used, Im very curious as to how this went so terribly wrong for you?

My whole system is about 80% used...lol

Leaking display tank x1 , Leaking sump X 2.

I have not issues with used equipment as long as they are in good working order.. but as far as tanks go, I know if I have it built it is going to hold water.