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05-04-2007, 03:21 PM
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90g or 120g debate
whats your thoughts?
currently have a 90g setup, it came with a store bought stand, and i recently got a 120g setup with starphire front, homemade stand and lots of good equipment (tunzes/pm skimmer/neptune controller). do i keep the 90 with the nice looking stand and equipment? or do i transfer the contents to the 120g and redo the stand? am i going to notice that much diffence in volume? the current tank is 18" across and the 120g is 24" across. what would you do?
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tanks: 120g w/starphire front, pm bullet 2 skimmer, yellow tang, emperor angel, niger trigger, spotted hawkfish, blue tang, flame angel and 120lbs lr 
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05-04-2007, 03:25 PM
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I think the obvious answer is to keep both :-) But realizing that's not necessarily possible, if it were me, I'd transfer everything over to the 120, sell the 90G setup and use that money to pay for a new stand.
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~Drew 10G Nano * 10G Sump * Deltec MCE 600 Skimmer * JBL Viper 150w MH * Zeovit * Vortech MP40W Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. ~S. Ertz 
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05-04-2007, 06:10 PM
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Go with the 120 Rob! More water volume = a more stable environment for your fish and corals!
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65 gallon tank, 3 gallon refugium, 90lbs LR, 50 lbs live sand, Coralife Super Skimmer 125, 24" 250 watt DE Pendant w/14K Hamilton. 1 ocellaris clowns,1 Tomini Tang, 6 line wrasse, 12 turbo grazer snails, 12 nassarius snails, 12 Cerith. Open Brain, Metallic Green Brain, candy cane coral, 1 enchino frags, and 2 maxima clam.
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05-04-2007, 07:20 PM
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120
Go with the 120 and make it an "in wall". Then sell the 90 and buy lots of new toys for the 120.
Last edited by saltaddict; 05-04-2007 at 07:34 PM.
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05-04-2007, 08:06 PM
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It's a no-brainer, the 24" of depth (the front to back dimension) leaves you WAY more aquascaping options. Always go with depth.
If it's a DIY built stand, it would not be too difficult to "dress" it up a little, if you're a little bit handy. For example, since the structure is already sound, you don't have to worry about the exterior providing any additional support. Thus you could go with a thin layer of plywood, stained and varnished, and maybe some cabinet doors. Or heck, do as suggested and build an inwall tank. Makes for a super quiet tank viewing experience. 
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