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StirCrazy · #1 12-19-2002, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naesco

Its a no brainer, wayner

Go for the five footer and you get to keep tangs.
But some might say I am a bit biased

but yet you told me a tang was ok in my 3 foot tank

are you just increasing the size every few months :?:

Steve

naesco · #2 12-19-2002, 02:23 AM

Who me? :?

StirCrazy · #3 12-19-2002, 03:12 AM

ya you, but it was in the spring so you may not remember.. it was at the meeting whare I met you.. I was asking your opinion for my plans and a yellow tang..

Steve

BCOrchidGuy · #4 12-19-2002, 03:52 PM

IMHO, get the one you WANT, if you are the least bit like me I would have regrets after the fact with either tank. I'm debating either a 135 or a 5ft 108 gallon and the thing that holds me back on either is..... will I be happy with them or will I decide in 6 months I need bigger. I figure either one delivered for $300 I can't really go wrong, but.... which one.. or should I spend the extra and go for bigger.. or maybe a 175 bow... or... or .. anyway.. good luck with what ever you decide.

Jack · #5 12-19-2002, 10:16 PM

I just bought a 120g 48"long x 24"high x 24"wide and it looks good to me. Longer is nicer but I like the width and depth, anymore and its hard to clean.

Aquattro · #6 12-20-2002, 06:24 AM

I'm with Troy. Same tank and same brace. Like the tank, hate the brace.

bailey7424 · #7 01-25-2005, 03:31 AM

... thank you to those who have gone before; I have a 33 gallon tank which is very full of corals and seven fish. I've been in salt for less than a year and had the goal of moving to a larger tank at the one year point. Based on this thread, I will go with a five foot tank - that fits the most length I have space for and then I'll go with a 24" width and 24" height - I was thinking of a thinner tank but will rearrange home office furniture to accommodate the greater width. I will go braceless as per the recommendations and will consider a starfire front.

Thanks again everyone.

kari · #8 01-25-2005, 03:54 AM

Hmm, I'd go 36 front to back

wayner · #9 01-25-2005, 04:34 AM

Wow, talk about a thread from the dead

Delphinus · #10 01-25-2005, 04:35 AM

Wow, there's a blast from the past.

I'm with Kari nowadays .. I'm trying to get 36" front to back although I may have to settle on 30" due to the cost. I just got a quote from a builder and am .. still a little shocked at how much my "ideal" tank would cost ... darn it. Why can't incomes grow at the same rate as the need to upgrade one's tanks?