I Could Never Understand Why Anyone Would Ever Do It...

[Gankutsuou]

With my 38 up and running, and the fact that everything will fully be sorted out.... I'm going to shut down my 10 gallon. I never could understand why anyone would ever shut down a tank they had. I always thought "just restock it and make it cool". But...

I want a new tank. Probably a 20 long to go marine in. And since I can only have these two tanks, I'll just scrap the 10 and go with a 20 long since it can fit on my black shelves. Hehe. Moving up from 49 gallons in my room to 59.

So due to parents, and my own budget, the 10 tropical shuts down. I'll just have to be happy with a 20 gallon marine and 38 gallon tropical till I move out on my own and make 100+ gallons on both

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Yeah i know where you are coming from- since the beginning of my hobby, i've upgraded my tanks many a time and i figured that its basically better to have a couple of large tanks than a load of small tanks.
Having less tanks around also obviously cuts down on the time you have to spend every week cleaning your tanks- i prefer to clean big tanks rather than small ones as i find it easier to work around things like decor and planting in the tank when you have more space to do so .

 

[xJake]

If you're going to go marine in a 20-gallon I would lean more towards a fish only tank as a reef tank would only leave room for 2-3 fish.

 

[Tommy Gunnz]

I think a lot of us go through this stage in which we started out smaller, and then as we get more into the hobby, had to get a bigger tank.

However, 10 gallon tanks are great for quarentee and/or hospital tanks and you should keep yours handy. Especially if you are planning on getting into a marine tank as they will be more in need of a Q-tank and it will be vital to seperate sick or diseased fish. Putting up a marine Q-tank is somewhat quicker if you use water from the display tank and some live sand/rock from that tank as well in order to 'clone' your 10 gallon quickly. This has been my plan for a long time, but now I just keep both tanks up and running and raise brine shrimp in my Q-tank when I am not using it. They are cheap enough to simply net out and throw away if I need the tank quickly.

 

[xostrawberryox]

Ahh good luck with your change around

 

[wendywc]

Sounds like a great move. I personally can't stand anything smaller than 6 gallon tanks just because they're such a pain during cleaning time. I've been given so many small tanks, but I just rehome them.