I want to know If there is enough room to have all the glass accessible to clean with a reef built down the center. I like the idea of having the larger foot print of the DD tanks. I have a deep 125 gallon tank now that is 5 foot long with a small foot print. A 250 gallon DD tank will be like two of the 125 Deeps placed back to back.
I don't want a reef stacked against the rear wall with this tank maybe two patches of rock with a space in the middle. It is going to be mostly sps.
I also want to have a few tangs and I am worried that with the tank only being 5 foot long it would look crowed. If the house was bigger I
would step up to a 300 but the room is small and I don't want the living space to look like a public aquarium. A 250 gallon will be over kill already.
I'm also considering selling my 2 clown fish and two anemones in the move. I am worried about the anemones walking all the time and don't need the stress.