What size reef aquariums do you own?

[Onewolf]

There was a message thread asking if there had been a poll of aquarium sizes, so....

 

[Mical]

I have a 65 & 120

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

I'm definitely on the lower end of the spectrum with a 15 and a 10 lol makes me chuckle seeing people post their "29 gallon nano" builds when I'm thinking about upgrading to a 29 :D

 

[Mical]

I'm definitely on the lower end of the spectrum with a 15 and a 10 lol makes me chuckle seeing people post their "29 gallon nano" builds when I'm thinking about upgrading to a 29 :D

It's all about what you're comfortable with. Larger tanks = larger investments

 

[G Santana]

130 gallon 33 yr old tank, every day I walk into the basement I pray that it still holds water lol

 

[Onewolf]

There was a message thread last week where someone was looking for a larger tank.... A 10 gallon tank. It's bad, but I snickered a little.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

It's all about what you're comfortable with. Larger tanks = larger investments

The investment was the reason to start small. After amassing 10 FW tanks over the last couple years, the wife (or boss, they're interchangeable lol) wasn't too excited about how much SW equipment costs. But she's almost converted, she loves the corals and my little "nemos"

 

[kzenoni]

I know all about the investment lol. I’ve had freshwater tanks for the past 45 years. Last year my wife wanted to go saltwater. Reluctantly I agreed and now we have a 200 gallon fowlr tank in our kitchen and a 350 gallon reef in our living Room. So much for retirement lol

 

[Auquanut]

My 1st reef was a 29 biocube. Ran it for a couple of years and really enjoyed it. I took it down shortly after setting up the 125, so I guess it proved to be a bad investment. In reality though that 1st tank taught me a lot and affirmed my commitment to the hobby before I invested A LOT more on the larger tank.

Oddly enough, I wound up giving the biocube to my brother so he could downsize from his 75.