Exactly, whats big to you may not be very big to someone else at all. So if you had a 10 gal and upgraded to a 100 gal then that is a MONSTER tank to you. But a person that always had a 400 gal would need a 4000 gal to be impressed.
So, from what I have read here so far (from this thread and others through out the forum), would I be far off base to say that Monster tank is not defined definitively by size or stock but by the gifted aquarist and the pride they show in their tank? To them its not just a tank but their passion? Is what makes a Monster tank better than the average tank is their keepers dedication to the health and well being of their pets?
What I always find funny is anyone who isn't into the hobby as much as we are always comment on how they saw a "big" fish tank and it usually ends up being a 50g tank, lol!
A "monster" tank on this forum is easy to identify: Very, very large, bare bottom, no decorations, poor lighting, with a lot of very big fish in it, usually located in a garage.
A "monster" tank on this forum is easy to identify: Very, very large, bare bottom, no decorations, poor lighting, with a lot of very big fish in it, usually located in a garage.
Well, I was reading on another forum about a guy who was in the planning stages for his first "LARGE" tank (as he put it). He went on and on about all the different ideas he had for it. Filtration, lighting, stocking, etc. It was a 20L. To him that was monster I guess.
To me, if your wife walks in and sees it fot the first time and says "Are you nuts?" then you're in monster territory.
