Good Tank Size For A Beginner-Ish?

[guppy2002]

christmas is coming up, and I am asking for a new aquarium. right now my biggest is a 10g. I know I want some thing bigger, but not extremely hard to take care of. what do you think a good tank size would be to ask for?

I was thinking around 30 gallons....

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

29 gallons is a good start. Maybe with some of the more active fish? Like some tetras or something.

 

[mystichorseangel]

For a beginner I would say stick to ten gallons for now, not only is the maintenance easier, but the price of the water accessories is cheaper, and most beginner level fish only need ten gallons.

 

[Blondielovesfish]

IMO a 55G would be best.
 
The parameters are a lot more stable and you can have a larger variety of fish.
 
Maintenance isn't that hard, a 25% water change is only 15 gallons - three 5 gallon bucket loads. Less if you don't have a fully stocked tank.
You can get a BN for the algae so all you have to do is change the water with some gravel vacs and the occasionally washing the media (swishing it in a bucket of tank water).
 
Otherwise, a 30-40G would be the next best thing.

 

[DerpPH]

the bigger the better really. It makes the parameters more stable and more room plus more options of fish to choose from.
 
Also temp and pH swings wont be as felt as in the small tanks. the only con is space

 

[DrRob]

I'm firmly in the bigger is better camp. The only real exception being where time is not a premium. When I was a lot younger I had plenty of time to mess with small tanks frequently, and could do daily changes if I wanted to. Now I run understocked bigger tanks so that I can have some leeway in my maintenance as time is a premium. There are ways of making maintenance easy if you have long enough arms. Overall the limitation on a tank is space and price. Larger tanks do come with a bigger electricity bill as well though, but there are ways to keep that down.
 
So my answer is, how big is the gap and can you fill it with tank? If so, go for that.

 

[jeffadams]

Go big or go home joking. No but like everyone in here said the bigger body of water the easier it will be on the fish since the water parameters wont fluctuate as much. But yes all up to space and budget. But if your budget is tight craigslist is awesome for that. Plus a big tank will look awesome!

 

[pingu2013]

The Bigger the better you have more room for mistakes. Even thou you want to avoid any mistakes.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Nearly everything has been said here, BLF has nailed it basically, would not recommend anything below 24 US gals or 90 litres absolute minimum. 
 
But does depend where you want to put it in your home and how much space you have, budget does come into it as well.