So after a recent very extended power outage I found myself in a situation of basically starting over. I still had all my tanks and equipment, but MOST all of my livestock didn't make it (Note to self, look into solar battery charger). I actually managed to keep most everything alive through the 5 day outage, but the exception were my fuges. Basically everything in it died and of coarse spread death and destruction back to the tank, slowly taking out inhabitant after inhabitant.
My main DT was a 125G tank and I've been eying a 220G for some time now. Seems like the perfect time to upgrade right? So I did, I turned my 60G frag tank (48Lx24Dx12H) into my new main DT and put some of those rainy day/upgrade funds into a brand new 24Lx18Dx18H low iron rimless secondary tank (build thread coming soon).
When it came down to it, what I have learned most over the last few years is based on the type of livestock I personally like to keep, I can keep anything I really want in a depth of 12-18 inches. Beyond that and I always just feel like I'm just trying to fill vertical space I don't really need or even want for that matter. I'd rather have a 48/60" tank that is only 12-18 inches high then a 48/60" tank that is 24" high or greater.
So how many of you guys have gone back to smaller tanks and what was your reasoning.
My main DT was a 125G tank and I've been eying a 220G for some time now. Seems like the perfect time to upgrade right? So I did, I turned my 60G frag tank (48Lx24Dx12H) into my new main DT and put some of those rainy day/upgrade funds into a brand new 24Lx18Dx18H low iron rimless secondary tank (build thread coming soon).
When it came down to it, what I have learned most over the last few years is based on the type of livestock I personally like to keep, I can keep anything I really want in a depth of 12-18 inches. Beyond that and I always just feel like I'm just trying to fill vertical space I don't really need or even want for that matter. I'd rather have a 48/60" tank that is only 12-18 inches high then a 48/60" tank that is 24" high or greater.
So how many of you guys have gone back to smaller tanks and what was your reasoning.