Looking to upgrade my tank!!!

Chaotic · Feb 28, 2018

Hi everyone! I am not exactly “new” to the hobby, but there is still much I can learn, and recently I have made up my mind to upgrade my tank! I am looking for something in 50 gallon or less range, mostly because of space and cost budgets. Anything bigger is not easily done. My original tank I have currently is a 28 gallon biocube, almost 3 Year’s now, and it is great. But the more I get into the hobby, the more coral I want, lol, and the more fish I want to keep but cannot due to the smaller tank size. If there are any good fairly inexpensive brands of aquariums for my upgrade, please let me know! I was looking into innovative marine, and I like their all in one systems, but they are still a little pricey with the stand and such. If you guys have any suggestions, please let me know!!

Crabs McJones · Feb 28, 2018

Chaotic said:
Hi everyone! I am not exactly “new” to the hobby, but there is still much I can learn, and recently I have made up my mind to upgrade my tank! I am looking for something in 50 gallon or less range, mostly because of space and cost budgets. Anything bigger is not easily done. My original tank I have currently is a 28 gallon biocube, almost 3 Year’s now, and it is great. But the more I get into the hobby, the more coral I want, lol, and the more fish I want to keep but cannot due to the smaller tank size. If there are any good fairly inexpensive brands of aquariums for my upgrade, please let me know! I was looking into innovative marine, and I like their all in one systems, but they are still a little pricey with the stand and such. If you guys have any suggestions, please let me know!!

If you're a DIY kind of person, you could pick up a 40 gallon breeder and a 20 gallon long at petco's dollar per gallon sale and turn that into a new system

Drill the 40 breeder, and get some acrylic and make your own sump. Or you could always go sump-less and use a hang on back aquaclear filter

PatW · Feb 28, 2018

The innovative marine tanks are nice. If you are lucky you can get them for about half the list price. I found a place that had a real deal. But even then, you can get a tank in the same size at a much lower price in a DIY or craigslist. You might try a 55 gallon with day a 20 gallon sump.

mckinleyw · Feb 28, 2018

the 40 breeder option is the way to go IMO as well. Wait for petco dollar per gallon sale and can do a lot of custom stuff with it. or try to find a 50 like mine. its a nice depth and can handle a good amount of corals and fish.

Jesterrace · Feb 28, 2018

in terms of fish, generally the significant differences in minimum tank sizes generally go 10, 30, 55, 75 and so on. I would see if you could go with at least a 55 as then you could open up your options for wrasses at least.

Jesterrace · Feb 28, 2018

mckinleyw said:
the 40 breeder option is the way to go IMO as well. Wait for petco dollar per gallon sale and can do a lot of custom stuff with it. or try to find a 50 like mine. its a nice depth and can handle a good amount of corals and fish.

petco did away with the dollar per gallon on the tanks over 20 gallons.

mckinleyw · Feb 28, 2018

Jesterrace said:
petco did away with the dollar per gallon on the tanks over 20 gallons.

AWWW I thought it was up to 40. that stinks

Jesterrace · Feb 28, 2018

mckinleyw said:
AWWW I thought it was up to 40. that stinks

They used to, now they do it by percentage on the larger tanks so the deal is not as good. Still a great way to get a 20 long, just not much else.

Chaotic · Feb 28, 2018

I do have a twenty long too from the sale, I am probably either going to use it as a sump or a quarantine of some kind, if I can find a good deal on the innovative marine lagoon 50, that would be my desired tank. I love the shape and the clean look innovative does with their tanks.

Chaotic · Feb 28, 2018

Are there any websites you guys know of that has them for less than usual, or is it more of a get it when a sale comes around kind of thing?

Chaotic · Feb 28, 2018

The fish I would like to add the MOST to the new system would be dwarf angels and maayyyybbbeee a small yellow tang, although I’m not sure if it would be big enough still. And most of ALL, a golden dwarf moray eel.