display tank, maximum size you're comfortable with

[new but handy]

I've got a 180 with a 55g sump on the second floor of my house. It is right above my basement suites bathroom. I have t-bar ceiling down there so I popped the ceiling down and doubled up my joists. The joists run parallel with the tank or I might have been comfortable leaving it the way it was.

[lorenz0]

shallow 60 gal with a 25gal sump. I am happy with the size, its perfect for what i want and have not regretted it once.

I get to keep my sps in that tank but lately i have been getting that softy itch again and am thinking about starting the 20gal tall back up. besides doing this, i would not upgrade.

[bignose]

I'm in a apartment so I'm maxed out with a 95G display and 30G sump. I'd like to go much bigger when I get a house. Perhaps a main floor 300G display with a sump/refug/frag tank room in the basement. I'm sick of the pump noise in my living room.

[pastout]

Great topic. After having two 150 gallon aquariums blow out their silicone eleven months apart, I have to say I am happy enough with the 28 gallon. If the entire thing explodes it will not dump more water on the floor than what we lost out of the 150s. See we got ones that we believe were too tall and the silicone just did not stand a chance. Took it back to the store the first time and they would not refund my cash, they only replaced the aquarium. When it exploded again, they did manage to give me 100% cash back.

We were home both times (thank God) and managed to save the fish and start siphoning from the top, and using buckets to empty the tanks before the water could hit the floor. About eight hours of maintenance each time, and that did not get the big tanks out of the basement and back into the truck to go back to the store. If we had not been home or realized what was happening so fast, our house which we own might have had to be declared a disaster area. I cannot imagine how awful that would have been if we were on holidays or at work.

So though I love the looks of the big tanks and love to provide fish with a ton of room to swim and live, we decided it is just not worth it. Still love the hobby - just going to keep going with a smaller tank!
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i had that happen to a friend of mine he was lucky we ere both at his parents house when it happend just by fluke we decided to go look at the tank to discover it olny had less than a 1/4 of its water left and had flooded his parents basement. luckily his parents were in italy for 2 weeks at the time haha we had the carpet up and drying out and the tank removed and i reinstaled the carpet once it was dry for him and had a new tank in before his parents got home haha

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

shallow 60 gal with a 25gal sump. I am happy with the size, its perfect for what i want and have not regretted it once.

I get to keep my sps in that tank but lately i have been getting that softy itch again and am thinking about starting the 20gal tall back up. besides doing this, i would not upgrade.

Can I upgrade then? The basement is begging for a larger tank.

[fishoholic]

I have 2 230g tanks and a 90g sump. My next step (possibly) is to change out the 90g sump to a 300g sump and we might change the reef 230g to a 300g ish tank 6 feet long by 3 feet wide and 2-2 1/2 feet high. Instead of that though I'd rather get a contractor in and set up floor bracing for the front living room (which is large) and set up a 10 feet long by 3 1/2 - 4 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet high.

The not so realistic would be to move into a different house with a large open basement and set up a 10 feet long by 10 feet wide and 3 feet high.

Doubt I'll be doing anything anytime soon though. Unless my friend changes out his 300g sump and wants to sell it to us

[lorenz0]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Can I upgrade then? The basement is begging for a larger tank.

i don't care lol