high school classroom tank

gobytron · #6 11-11-2010, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Madreefer

a 20g nano. Any bigger would be just too much work and good chance for a tank crash when it comes to taking it down and moving it at the end of the school year.

In my experience, the general rule is the smaller the tank, the more work they are to maintain...?

I put maybe an hour to an hour and a half into my 95 a week but my 3 tanks from 12 to 20 gallons take much more time and things are so much harder to maintain at stable levels....

If it were me, I would go with a 40 or 60 gallon breeder tank, sumpless (cuz it's a lot quieter) with zoas and lps and a softie or two and an oversized skimmer.

View Poll Results: Which option would be most suitable for a high school science classroom?
4ft reef	25	23.58%
4ft fowlr	14	13.21%
4ft community	12	11.32%
6ft reef	20	18.87%
6ft fowlr	7	6.60%
6ft community	2	1.89%
4ft community and smaller special interest tank (nano)	8	7.55%
6ft community and smaller special interest tank (nano)	2	1.89%
one saltwater, one freshwater (please specify below)	8	7.55%
other (please specify below)	8	7.55%
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