Is bigger better or is better better?

[DrewBR]

Hey everyone.

This might be an odd one.
Given the chance would you size up and keep mostly the same quality or would you remain at your current size tank and pimp it out?
Bigger tank or better equipment, finishes, whatever you like.

 

[count krunk]

If I had a 75, 120, or 180 I would say better is better. But I have a 40 Breeder so bigger!

 

[Dbichler]

I have a 210 and would still say bigger.

 

[Biokabe]

Bigger is better.

You should be keeping your tanks up for years, so you always have time to slowly pimp out your bigger tank in better equipment. But upgrading the tank size is a lot of work and effort. So given the choice, go for bigger first, and then make it better.

 

[DipG]

I went from 6g to 36g to 210g and now I have a set up with total water volume of more than 900g with 500g display tank and I have to say that bigger is better. Water quality is stable and I spend less time with maintenance mainly due to automation and I have more wiggle room due to large water volume. With every upgrade I realized that I could spend less time on weekly maintenance due to the equipment that I could add with each upgrade.

 

[Uncle99]

I would not go beyond 180g as maintenance costs just get to high.

 

[Bnutz]

Bigger. Get a tank that is the largest that will fit in the space you want the tank in. That way you don't have to upgrade later.

 

[Brett S]

I think to some extent the answer is both. I love big tanks and big fish, but at some point the size exceeds the budget and having a barely functional and mostly empty big tank wouldn’t be very fun either. The trick is to find that balance.

 

[BarSnackz]

I think I'm going to be the unpopular opinion on this one. I currently have a 3' RSR 250 but have always ran 4' tanks in the past (40 long and 75Gal). I think 4' is the sweet spot... I couldn't imagine having a 6'+ tank - the amount of maintenance, bigger water changes, equipment costs, and larger floods from tank failures just strays me away from bigger tanks.

 

[Rickybobby]

I think bigger is better as long as you don’t overwhelm it. I had a small coral die abs crash my frag tank a while back. The size couldn’t handle it. Back in the day I started much bigger and didn’t do nano tanks and has very minimal issues