If you had a chance to do over on your aquarium what would you do? Would you choose different corals, bigger tank, better equipment????
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Wrx5803
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I would drill more holes in the back,make my drains both on one side with a nice overflow box, and prob not put alot.of the coral I have in there. I am happy with it but never completly
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I would have never put my 6 line wrasse in my tank. I could pump ick and velvet into that tank and he'd just get healthy and harder to catch. He's a beast and uncatchable.....I hate his mean a**
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Just replaced my tank with a glass one...will never do acrylic as a display tank..............
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Interesting thread!
I am starting over so I'll let you know! HA!
I am starting over so I'll let you know! HA!
rworegon
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I would do an overflow box on the outside of the tank for more real estate inside. Stand larger than the tank, never seems to be enough room under the tank, too hard to work under there. More open aquascape with more shelf type rocks, better flow and more space for corals to grow.
I have the chance to start over since I have moved.
Putting the display (34g cube) upstairs near the living room.
Plumbing it through the floor into the basement below where I will start making a fishroom. This way the stand is ornamental and not hiding mechanical/filtration stuff.
The fishroom allows for plenty of splace for equipment to be cleaned, serviced, used for maximum porential and room to expand.
I is excited!
Putting the display (34g cube) upstairs near the living room.
Plumbing it through the floor into the basement below where I will start making a fishroom. This way the stand is ornamental and not hiding mechanical/filtration stuff.
The fishroom allows for plenty of splace for equipment to be cleaned, serviced, used for maximum porential and room to expand.
I is excited!
Drilling holes in the tank for overflow is a must. And I shoulda done it before hand.
TJ's Reef
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Next one will be MUCH LARGER 450-600g for a school of Tangs with a full Coast-to-Coast overflow (inside or out yet to be determined) and will have a mechanical room finished before hand. Figure a way to not have PH's in display or at least be hidden from view.
Cheers, Todd
Cheers, Todd
PaulKreider
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Bigger tank (93gal cube is my dream) and I would have read up a little more, would have saved me a lot of time and money!
gtbarsi
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I would have never tried to convert the 38.5 gallon bow front Fluval tank I have now. Instead I would have gotten a 40B or a 55, and drilled it with an overflow similar to the ghost overflow.
I would setup a properly sized sump in my basement instead of the tiny setup I was limited to due to the space limitations of the Fluval stand.
Then I could have used a conventional skimmer instead of the SlimSkim that was the most powerful skimmer I could find that would fit in my sump, while insuring consistent water height.
Doing that probably would have cost about the same to get me where I am now. In a truly ideal world I would have gone to a 75 or 90 gallon tank for a couple hundred more.
Instead my current project is trying to come up with the finds to replace the sump & skimmer which have become a problem.
I would setup a properly sized sump in my basement instead of the tiny setup I was limited to due to the space limitations of the Fluval stand.
Then I could have used a conventional skimmer instead of the SlimSkim that was the most powerful skimmer I could find that would fit in my sump, while insuring consistent water height.
Doing that probably would have cost about the same to get me where I am now. In a truly ideal world I would have gone to a 75 or 90 gallon tank for a couple hundred more.
Instead my current project is trying to come up with the finds to replace the sump & skimmer which have become a problem.
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Weaver6116
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I've been planning my next setup since only weeks after setting up my current tank. The most exciting thing that's a must is to be sure to have a fish room behind the display tank. This won't happen until after we move but its a definite must. Other than that... larger sump with mangroves, more filtration, and of course... BIGGER TANK ;-) Isn't that always the case?
OP
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If i had it to do over i would have gone with sps corals and i would have bought better equipment from the start. I thought i was saving money by buying cheaper equipment not knowing that eventually that i would keep upgrading and upgrading. Now i have one of everything lol. Now i want a bigger tank. When will it stop?
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glb
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I would have always used ro water and salt mix instead of using purified sea water. The seawater was a nightmare to keep stable and when I switched back to salt mix my tank rebounded immediately.
Fin
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If I had it all to do over again, I would have gone with a tank of the same size (140), but wish I would have not settled for the tank that I did. I wanted a brick style without a wide center brace. I chickened out because of the higher cost, but wish now that I would have spent the extra money and gone with the better tank.
gtbarsi
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Just wondering what tank you got, and what you would have gone for instead? I started looking at a larger tank and the cost for one w/o the cross brace is 2x the cost for one with.
The only thing I would've done differently with my new system is bought an un-drilled tank so I could do a coat to coast overflow and a bean animal overflow. I kick myself daily for settling for the durso. It's the only thing I didn't do the way I really wanted it :mad:
Squishie89
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-I would use dry rock
-I would keep just sand and rock for a couple of months if possible and maybe ghost feed to find dead spots and eliminate them.
-More sand
-Bigger tank (although I think 90 is perfect for starting out)
-More custom sump (my sump is custom, but not as customized as I would like now)
-Cords all organized and everything mounted
-I would keep just sand and rock for a couple of months if possible and maybe ghost feed to find dead spots and eliminate them.
-More sand
-Bigger tank (although I think 90 is perfect for starting out)
-More custom sump (my sump is custom, but not as customized as I would like now)
-Cords all organized and everything mounted
