Tank Sizes

[cleekdaFish]

When is it too big? Like will u always buy a bigger fish tank when the urge come or be happy wat u got?

wat should be a gd size tank , 40 gallons?

 

[ox5477]

The bigger the tank, the easier it is to keep disease free. Thats the general rule. Small tanks that most people start with are actually the hardest to keep healthy and clean as much maintanance is needed.

Big is a matter of perspective. If you wish to keep large predatory fish, then 200+ gallons may be a normal and a neccessity. If you wish to keep small community fish, then maybe 40 to 55G is plenty. It really all depends on what you want out of your fish keeping experience

 

[dwarfgourami]

It really all depends on what you want out of your fish keeping experience

No, it doesn't. It depends on what the family will let you get away with.

 

[raptorrex]

It really all depends on what you want out of your fish keeping experience

No, it doesn't. It depends on what the family will let you get away with.

lol true.


remember the bigger the tank the more work it is to change, water and gravel/sand. the more it costs to heat/light.

 

[i_ganjaman]

remember the bigger the tank the more work it is to change, water and gravel/sand. the more it costs to heat/light.
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I totally disagree with the more work it is to change.....there are ways and means to make life easier with big tanks.....i just use water pumps from water butts to fill and siphoning straight from my tank to a drain...no aching backs what so ever....

 

[raptorrex]

remember the bigger the tank the more work it is to change, water and gravel/sand. the more it costs to heat/light.


I totally disagree with the more work it is to change.....there are ways and means to make life easier with big tanks.....i just use water pumps from water butts to fill and siphoning straight from my tank to a drain...no aching backs what so ever....

lol oh we dont all have these thing. my drains are too far away from my tank to make any equipmant viable, and what sort of automatic equipment do you have to make changing gravel/sand simpler on a big tank. than it would be in a small one??? you may well have gear that takes the strain, but most of us dont!!!!

 

[i_ganjaman]

remember the bigger the tank the more work it is to change, water and gravel/sand. the more it costs to heat/light.


I totally disagree with the more work it is to change.....there are ways and means to make life easier with big tanks.....i just use water pumps from water butts to fill and siphoning straight from my tank to a drain...no aching backs what so ever....

lol oh we dont all have these thing. my drains are too far away from my tank to make any equipmant viable, and what sort of automatic equipment do you have to make changing gravel/sand simpler on a big tank. than it would be in a small one??? you may well have gear that takes the strain, but most of us dont!!!!

trust me you dont know how much i have spent on my latest project...i basically told my partner/lied should i say about the cost...told her it was half of what i have spent she was still not amused....thank god i still have a separate bank account.....once the substrate is in,its in for good....

 

[CFC]

remember the bigger the tank the more work it is to change, water and gravel/sand. the more it costs to heat/light.


I totally disagree with the more work it is to change.....there are ways and means to make life easier with big tanks.....i just use water pumps from water butts to fill and siphoning straight from my tank to a drain...no aching backs what so ever....

lol oh we dont all have these thing. my drains are too far away from my tank to make any equipmant viable, and what sort of automatic equipment do you have to make changing gravel/sand simpler on a big tank. than it would be in a small one??? you may well have gear that takes the strain, but most of us dont!!!!

If you had a few hundred gallons of water to change each week you would find easier ways of doing things, trust me

 

[mr.dark-saint]

When is it too big? When one consider giving away furniture to make room. (Like I am currently ).

Like will u always buy a bigger fish tank when the urge come or be happy wat u got? Not really. I have had 125 and 100 gallon tanks for over a dozen years with no "new" tank purchases (but I was always looking ).

what should be a good size tank , 40 gallons? If that's the largest you can either affored or place in your pad.

The bigger the tank, the easier it is to keep disease free. Thats the general rule. I have to beg to differ here. Any size tank can be kept disease free. It's true diseases can spread much faster in smaller tank. With no new additions without you (the fishkeeper) placing the newly purchased fish in a quarantine tank for appropriate duration and meds.

 

[Inchworm]

I have three 55 gallon tanks and that's about the largest size I want. When the urge is upon me, I just get another small tank and make single species tanks.

 

[mr.dark-saint]

I have three 55 gallon tanks and that's about the largest size I want. When the urge is upon me, I just get another small tank and make single species tanks.

I was there once and thought like you. 55 is "big enough" and no way was I going any larger. Then I had a friend sell me his 100 glass and I figured the fish could stretch out in it . And so it began and in a few days I'll have me a 270 gallon of Acrylic goodness . Soon I'll be a Post Whore with pictures. I plan to "Document" the whole set up since digital cameras make sharing so much easier than photos.

 

[i_ganjaman]

too big is when you cant fit it in your house, apartment or flat ......I think that sums it up for most of us....

 

[Tolak]

remember the bigger the tank the more work it is to change, water and gravel/sand. the more it costs to heat/light.


I totally disagree with the more work it is to change.....there are ways and means to make life easier with big tanks.....i just use water pumps from water butts to fill and siphoning straight from my tank to a drain...no aching backs what so ever....

lol oh we dont all have these thing. my drains are too far away from my tank to make any equipmant viable, and what sort of automatic equipment do you have to make changing gravel/sand simpler on a big tank. than it would be in a small one??? you may well have gear that takes the strain, but most of us dont!!!!

If you had a few hundred gallons of water to change each week you would find easier ways of doing things, trust me

You can get creative, and set up you own gear out of fairly cheap, common items. My water change setup cost me around $100, it works well for a few hundred gallons weekly.

 

[Rocky32189]

You'll just keep going bigger and bigger. When I first bought a 55G I though it was HUGE. Later it didn't look big at all. Just recently I bought a 150G. It already doesn't look that big and it's leaving me wishing I went bigger.

 

[xoedusk]

Soon I'll be a Post Whore with pictures.

Love it.