What qualifies as a "Monster" tank?

[Cablemonkey]

^ I have seen 10' tanks with deco, substrate, 3D background with monster fishes inside.

Guess that just shows the difference in budgets ! Mine would eventually have deco, but I would have to recover from buying the dang glass first!!

I want to build a Monster tank but there is a good possibility that I will be moving in the next 12-18 months and the prospect of having to tear it down, move it an hour + away, rebuild and reseal it while my fish wait in buckets... doesnt sound appealing so I am just going to wait and stick with my 55 and 6 10s and maybe another 35 pending what the wife comes back with

Once I get moved though... if we get the place we want, it'll be "Monster Time!" /hears hammer time theme in his head "dun dundun dun... cant seal this... dun dundun dun" yeah... I went there...

 

[Cablemonkey]

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.

I can dig it!

 

[MonsterMinis]

LOL some very interesting responses!

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?

That is pretty much in a nutshell what I was going to say. a person who's evolved in their knowledge/desire to take the hobby further.

 

[Cablemonkey]

That is pretty much in a nutshell what I was going to say. a person who's evolved in their knowledge/desire to take the hobby further.

Well I couldnt make it simple to where that was the first responce had to make people think a bit!

 

[geronimo69]

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!

This is true! People used to think my 55 was big.. Now I've got 3 of them, a 75 and a 150. I still consider my 55 with a full grown Ceylon Puffer to be MONSTER. So is my 150 with my Fahaka...

 

[Oddball]

I think of monsterfishkeeping as anything that is outside of the norm, being the size of the tank, type or amount of filtration, or unusual stocking or scaping.

Here. here!! Very well said. I used to think 'Monster' was defined by having the Water Department come out to the house looking for an obvious leak the day after a major waterchange and/or new setup. Lately, I believe it's in the quality of the setup. A 10 gal biotope set up for breeding a species never bred in captivity before holds me in the same awe as the reduncu-gallon setup replacing a third of someone's house.

 

[FLESHY]

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!

I had a guy in LA try to sell me a 50g as a 200g...I think he was a dad just trying to move a tank, but he seriously had no clue.

I take it now that we have evolved a new definition to the word monster that really has nothing to do with the real word, and is unique to this site...but that is okay!

To Oddball - this is why you live on a well...and keep your fish in ponds! Except for your reef of course

 

[philfreenode]

I think 220g or more is a monster (sized) aquarium.

 

[white15]

180g+ = monster IMO.

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

Any tank with a MFK decal