Who in our club, or area, has a very big tank?

Munchie1976 · Nov 19, 2014

No, someone in the club has a 500 gallon. He was working on getting everything set up in the beginning of the year. He was at a lot of the meetings at first but, I haven't seen him in a while...

ca1ore · Nov 21, 2014

Remember that mass market tanks pretty much top out at 265/300; anything beyond that and you're talking a significant premium for custom. I'd love to go up to about 400 from my current 265 but am unable to satisfy myself that my floor, as currently constituted, would take the load.

smb2415 · Nov 22, 2014

I have a 550g setup and going. will be about 800g total system once I get the frag tank under the DT built. Right now the DT is 550g, fuge/ats is 10g (in a 20t tank, 40g cryptics, and 75g sump.

tank dimensions are 7' long x 3' wide, and 42" tall

Sorry Munchie, summer is boating season, I hope to get to some meetings soon.

smb2415 · Nov 22, 2014

for reference:

its still young (just about 1yr old) but here it is in oct 2014 (nothing spectacular to look at). Im still learning, this is my first saltwater tank.
about 30 fish, ritteri, bubble tips, and some softies.

smb2415 · Nov 22, 2014

Triggreef · Nov 22, 2014

ca1ore said:
Remember that mass market tanks pretty much top out at 265/300; anything beyond that and you're talking a significant premium for custom. I'd love to go up to about 400 from my current 265 but am unable to satisfy myself that my floor, as currently constituted, would take the load.

Thats a bad excuse. I call BS your a smarter dude than that!! There definitely another reason... :tongue:

Next time you have a family party, like thanksgiving, gather about 5 guys that weigh 200 lbs to cover the extra 1,000 lbs your worried about. have them all stand next to the tank within the footprint of the expected tank. That little extra weight will not even be as well distributed as the new tank!