Question to big tank owners...
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10 gallon, for my turtle....
to 29, 120, 55, 10, 29, 5, 75, 150.
Now we want a 240, or a 300+. yay
to 29, 120, 55, 10, 29, 5, 75, 150.
Now we want a 240, or a 300+. yay
I have a 55 gal. tank. When transporting it from storage the side cracked (not smashed) If I seal it, would it truly hold water. I rent and don't need landlord(lives downstairs) bugging out because he is covered in 55 gal. of fish water.. :22_yikes:
I HAD a 20-gallon and still have a 20-gallon. Reason being, my house has simply no space for a bigger tank!
30 gallon to a 55 gallon for my oscar..and bigger when I eventually add another fish and they outgrow it.
20 gal for ropefish when they outgrow it they go in the 30 gallon
20 gal for ropefish when they outgrow it they go in the 30 gallon
Youd be amazed at how people make the jump from small tanks to 100 + !!
Just shows you how addicting this hobby is.
Just shows you how addicting this hobby is.
Apart from a few smaller beginner tanks my first serious tankwas a 4ft 130L, thought that was big enough at the time but of course "NOT". I now have a 6ft 300L as that is about all the weight I think I should put on a timber verandah and it seems like minimum now. The bigger the tank (providing it is set up with sufficient filtration) the easier they seem to be to look after. I look back at the miriad of small fish I use to have in all these tanks and now they each house two Americam cichlids each!
I am in the middle of repairing a tank myself at the moment. The local glass guy here for the cheapest and easiest recomends cutting a piece the size of the panel and inserting it over the existing one with aquarium silicone and then re-siliconing around the edge. In QLD it against the law to sell 2nd hand glass, so he's only charging me $5 to cut it. Fortunately it is the base so no one will see it. It would be OK if it is on the back of the tank, I always paint the back of my tanks black anyway. Otherwise it a fairly major job I would imagine.
started with a couple tens....finally upsized to a 60 a few months ago. With my silver aro growing an inch a day, I better invest in a real serious tank pretty soon, unfortunately I'm pretty much out of space....
