Is There Such A Thing As Too Big

[James9114]

You will have alot of jellous people on here if you get the 6 footer including me. If you have the chance to get a 6 footer i'd say go for it!

 

[juliedavis]

I have a pump that takes my water change water straight from the tank (through a mesh so no fish can get caught) out into a 400 litre water butt in the garden which I then use to water my garden and the veg and plants love it, that way I am not having to juggle buckets or containers everywhere inside. I also have a tap in the garage which I use to fill food grade containers before treating the water and pumping it back to the tank, it has meant that water changes can be done very quickly and cleanly and I get to use the old water. Being on a water meter I want to get as much use out of my supply as possible and it means I can water my garden if there is a hose pipe ban in the summer, so a win all around. I reccomend that anyone with a garden get a water butt and use their old tank water this way, it keeps your overall household running costs down.

what a great idea, just having my garden landscaped (if you can call it that lol)i shall start saving water immediately ! still bucket jobs for me tho

 

[juliedavis]

Good decision and furniture is overated anyway. I am now down to one sofa in the house and no chairs so that I could make room for the 150g.. we never really used the chairs anyway.
The bigger tank gives you so many more options as well as being easier to manage in my opinion. Water changes are a doddle.. it's just if it's planted, the 2ft height on top of stand height means I always get soaked when replanting or what have you...

i would have to climb in too as i'm only 5'2" rofpmsl

 

[chrisrm]

i know u r going for 6 footer.. a nice community show tank should not get bigger then that. and not smaller then 5 foot.

PLUS... 6 by 2 is perfact size for many beautiful fish.




regarding water change.. get a storege box size of 150l or more and pond pump and hose pipes..

First... fill the box, add stuff, run a pund pump..
Second... take out 150l from your tank to bathroom via long hose pipe.
Third... pump the prepared water from box to tank via pond pump and hose pipe.


it takes me 15 min, max.


Good Luck

agree, with a 6x2 your options are massive

sounds like i need to buy a 150l storage container and a pond pump!

 

[This Old Spouse]

Definitely, the 6 x 2. But then of course we'll need to see pictures! Lots and lots of pictures!