Should I get it!!! 96x30x24 300g

ReefSakes · Dec 2, 2020

Well I knew as I'm building my 80g system and knowing myself that I wouldn't be satisfied with it long termespecially leaving the hobby 11 years ago with a 700g system. Bought all the nice premium gear and was like man this isn't big enough lol. The space I am putting the 80g system can accommodate at least a 6' wide tank. So I figured let's check offer up and found this and quickly brought back memories. However it is 96x30x24 so darn won't fit in the house but...... hmmmm I do have a 1600 sq ft garage that only my wife park the car in. So thinking long term I was like that would look nice in the garage aka man cave and maybe future fish room. Ad is asking $1800 for the tank. What do you guys think?

laverda · Dec 2, 2020

Thats a lot less than a new one.

cidermaster · Dec 2, 2020

Nobody here is going to tell you no !! Just do it .

IKD · Dec 2, 2020

Can you see it in person? I would examine for scratches up close. Great size tank though!

ReefSakes · Dec 2, 2020

IKD said:
Can you see it in person? I would examine for scratches up close. Great size tank though!

Yeah I'm gonna go check it out in person this weekend. The guy doesn't know if it's starfire glass or not and I prefer starfire over the traditional green tint glass.

ReefSakes · Dec 2, 2020

Then I know I for sure can have a bunch of tangs. GEM tangs

IKD · Dec 2, 2020

JLeeone said:
Then I know I for sure can have a bunch of tangs. GEM tangs

Awesome!

Devaji · Dec 2, 2020

perfect size tank IMHO.

BUT.....you better check with the wife I am sure she's not goona be as excited as you are. just saying man. you better work on your story. I don't think women quite understand why men need man caves .

that looks like a glass cages tank. I could be wrong tho if its scratched up and not low iron give @joe@glasscages a Pm they have been making some really nice tank. I have been talking to him about the same size tank or there 10' 340 !

Bpp124987 · Dec 2, 2020

Hard to admire it when it’s in the garage...

Devaji · Dec 2, 2020

Bpp124987 said:
Hard to admire it when it’s in the garage...

very true my thoughts too.....but he might be moving into the garage anyway...LOL

ReefSakes · Dec 3, 2020

Devaji said:
perfect size tank IMHO.

BUT.....you better check with the wife I am sure she's not goona be as excited as you are. just saying man. you better work on your story. I don't think women quite understand why men need man caves .

that looks like a glass cages tank. I could be wrong tho if its scratched up and not low iron give @joe@glasscages a Pm they have been making some really nice tank. I have been talking to him about the same size tank or there 10' 340 !

MY wife is used to my surprises. Sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness then permission haha. Besides she was the one that bugged me to set up the 30g cube and I told her that will start the itch lol. So I got a 66g sca to build out and after much thought. I figured I might as well start planning the mega system for the man cave as well. My garage/shop is 45'x35' When we bought our second home. I did mention to her I want a mega system again one day and well that day is itching it's way lol. I know this may be a stretch but danm I can picture a 16'x3'x2' peninsula. Hmmmmm wonder what the logistics of something like that would be.

ReefSakes · Dec 3, 2020

Bpp124987 said:
Hard to admire it when it’s in the garage...

True but the biggest I can put in my house in the place I have is a 60"x30". But......There is our foyer where my wife has this dumb table. About 12' wide there. Right behind it is our garage. Maybe a built in through there. Just gotta convince her lol. Hmmmmmm

Devaji · Dec 3, 2020

JLeeone said:
MY wife is used to my surprises. Sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness then permission haha. Besides she was the one that bugged me to set up the 30g cube and I told her that will start the itch lol. So I got a 66g sca to build out and after much thought. I figured I might as well start planning the mega system for the man cave as well. My garage/shop is 45'x35' When we bought our second home. I did mention to her I want a mega system again one day and well that day is itching it's way lol. I know this may be a stretch but danm I can picture a 16'x3'x2' peninsula. Hmmmmm wonder what the logistics of something like that would be.

peninsula's are the way to go. if your gonna do it. do it right from the get go. stay with what you have and plan the man cave for the next year...

or get the tank in question and use it for the sump for the mega build?

Bpp124987 · Dec 3, 2020

JLeeone said:
True but the biggest I can put in my house in the place I have is a 60"x30". But......There is our foyer where my wife has this dumb table. About 12' wide there. Right behind it is our garage. Maybe a built in through there. Just gotta convince her lol. Hmmmmmm

Now you’re taking...

ReefSakes · Dec 3, 2020

Devaji said:
peninsula's are the way to go. if your gonna do it. do it right from the get go. stay with what you have and plan the man cave for the next year...

or get the tank in question and use it for the sump for the mega build?

I told myself after the 700g build out 13 years ago that the next big system will be a Penninsula most likely. Be nice to aquascape with all 3 viewing sides in mind and can go wider because I can work from both long sides.

kenchilada · Dec 3, 2020

JLeeone said:
True but the biggest I can put in my house in the place I have is a 60"x30". But......There is our foyer where my wife has this dumb table. About 12' wide there. Right behind it is our garage. Maybe a built in through there. Just gotta convince her lol. Hmmmmmm

Send her on a trip and surprise her when she gets back.

ReefSakes · Dec 3, 2020

Bpp124987 said:
Now you’re taking...

It would take a lot more convincing to tear down the wall and reframe running power and such. Honestly would rather spend the cost on remodeling around the system on gear and or stock haha. Going into the garage is much easier to convince since there would be little demo.

Bpp124987 · Dec 3, 2020

JLeeone said:
It would take a lot more convincing to tear down the wall and reframe running power and such. Honestly would rather spend the cost on remodeling around the system on gear and or stock haha. Going into the garage is much easier to convince since there would be little demo.

Can you put it in the garage in a place that would allow you to break thru and reframe that wall eventually. Giving you an “in-wall” from the house and normal gram the garage...

ReefSakes · Dec 3, 2020

Bpp124987 said:
Can you put it in the garage in a place that would allow you to break thru and reframe that wall eventually. Giving you an “in-wall” from the house and normal gram the garage...

Yes I posted a pic of the foyer. That is my other thought. Garage is right behind it. My 700g sysyem at my old house. I had the 300g display in my office and plumbed under my house into the garage where I had my sump, fuge, clam tank, frag tanks and the normal water changing stuff. So kind of the same build almost if I do the in wall through from garage through foyer.

DaddyFish · Dec 3, 2020

The buy on the tank is nice, but be careful about a big tank in the garage. I have a not-so-big 4' 90-gal in my basement garage, and even though I spend a lot of time down there, it really doesn't get the attention it deserves.

Proximity to your inside main DT is important. Think about water changes, ambient temperature changes, evaporation and the humidity generated in your garage etc. Things can be very different in a garage. Do you spray paint projects there, create wood dust? There's a lot to think about.

I have found my garage tank is best used as a "utility tank" where I experiment with new equipment, try new aquascapes and best of all, don't care if I make a mess on the floor. But man!!!, that's a big tank to maintain in a garage.