I wanted to start out with a smaller size tank to see how things would go with owning some cichlids.After realizing they're not too hard to take care of, I decided to get a 125 gallon for 350 dollars, while stores like Petsmart wanted 700 dollars.Also this deal I have spotted on a 240 gallon tank was 1300 dollars.So at the time I couldn't even find anything that large for that price :/.