display tank, maximum size you're comfortable with

Frenchie · #1 02-02-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

This is why I love shallow tanks! Well one of the reasons...aesthetically I prefer long and shallow plus thats much easier to light.

My brother had a tall tank also fail. It cracked right down the middle back pane of glass. Eurobraced and everything but still was not enough. I think it was 6'x24"wide and 30" tall if I remember correctly. That was a while ago when he still loved here in Vancouver...maybe 6 years back.

Oh great you just exactly described my tank... now I'm going to lay awake every night dreading this. LOL, I hope mine is made better.

mseepman · #2 02-02-2009, 10:24 PM

Living with a 70 and a 16g right now but working on plans for a new house and a 280g

c me fish · #3 02-03-2009, 12:15 AM

Have a 37g corner in the home office right now, but going to set up a 120 sometime this year... can't wait for the tax refund! That's about as big as it's going to get for a long time.

ILIKECOUGARS · #4 02-03-2009, 12:45 AM

Started with a 38 gal. then upgraded to a 150 gal. with a 50 gal. sump. Now I wish I had gone bigger.

Jason McK · #5 02-03-2009, 02:19 AM

I currently have a 370G + 90G Sump and 30G Frag tank.

If I had to do it all over again I'd do a 180G short tank

J

bigmac · #6 02-03-2009, 02:36 AM

Currently running a 100 gallon with 40 gallon sump.

Would love to go bigger (6' to 8' long x 30" high) but my dream is an inwall and I will need a new house; so not anytime soon.

christyf5 · #7 02-03-2009, 02:48 AM

Currently I have a 90g with ~25g sump with plans to upgrade to a 180g (likely no more than 250g water volume). I did have rather grandiose plans for a monster 8 foot tank but decided I would be much more comfortable with an "entry level" large tank. Perhaps I'll upgrade down the road, who knows.