30 gallon to 100 gallon.... What to know?

[Red2143]

If someone was considering a big upgrade what are some considerations that might not be obvious?

In the obvious category, more cost more maintenance time, larger water changes.. What else?

 

[Troylee]

Lighting and flow basically.. water changes are water changes and you gotta do it no matter what if you want a healthy tank.. I went from a 60gal cube to a 300 and lighting was the biggest factor.. I’d say my display runs me about $200 a month for everything.. according to my apex it’s $54 a month in electricity and the rest is chemicals, salt and di resin.

 

[Pntbll687]

If someone was considering a big upgrade what are some considerations that might not be obvious?

In the obvious category, more cost more maintenance time, larger water changes.. What else?

1) maintenance time - it just takes longer
2) maintenance cost - it's bigger and uses more salt for water changes, also any additives will cost more as well
3) maintenance equipment - you'll need larger containers for water changes, heaters, pump and so on
4) Lighting - more space, more light, plan accordingly
5) flow - same as lighting, more space means more flow, and you'll need to upgrade pumps. A single nero 3 would work fine on a 30g, but you're going to need multiple larger pumps on 100g tank
6) it just takes longer to make corrections - don't ask me why but a 10g change on a 30g can eliminate allot of issues, but doing a 30g change on 100g doesn't seem to have the same effect when removing algae and what not.