fish selections.... 10 gal, going to 55 gal soon.

[HeadlessRoland]

It has began... Your doing the same thing all us fish people do, start with a 10, put in some plastic plants and pretty soon your adding on so you can have a fish room. Uncle bills has a dollar a gallon sale going on, damnit, now you guys have me second guessing if I should sell mine! AHH!!! My wife's gonna kill me! We are going to have to meet up and the three of us make a trip to inland or something, where are you located Roland?

I'm in Nowheresville (Hebron).

You already have it. Unless you need the cash, think it over: is this a hobby that at some point you will want to continue or pick back up? You're already putting it up at a loss. To replace it would thus cost you even more later on. It would be really easy to go onto Marine Depot and see what hardware is on sale right now... it's just one tab away. Your wife doesn't need to know. It's already there. Put it to the use it was designed for.

 

[Caleb]

It has began... Your doing the same thing all us fish people do, start with a 10, put in some plastic plants and pretty soon your adding on so you can have a fish room. Uncle bills has a dollar a gallon sale going on, damnit, now you guys have me second guessing if I should sell mine! AHH!!! My wife's gonna kill me! We are going to have to meet up and the three of us make a trip to inland or something, where are you located Roland?

imho, I wouldn't sell it especially if it's not costing you money just sitting there.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

He bought and used them from LFS, he's selling them cheap because he's moving. If I wasn't getting a 55 gal, I'd probably snag up a 29 gal tank. I think he has 2 or 3...

For twenty bucks you have excellent quarantine tanks for your 55g.
Do it. (Fishkeeping: not even once.)

 

[Caleb]

For twenty bucks you have an excellent quarantine tank.
Do it. (Fishkeeping: not even once.)

my 10 gal not enough for a quarantine tank?

 

[HeadlessRoland]

my 10 gal not enough for a quarantine tank?

You could, sure.
But with two additional 29gs you could acquire livestock more rapidly, with almost triple capacity, instead of waiting for each batch to clear quarantine. It's twenty dollars for two! A single 29g will run you at least several times that. You could buy them and then sell them for more than $10/each. By the way, does your friend know exactly how excellent this deal is? I assume he needs to unload them fast at that price. Those are priced to move.

 

[Caleb]

You could, sure.
But with two additional 29gs you could acquire livestock more rapidly, with almost triple capacity, instead of waiting for each batch to clear quarantine. It's twenty dollars for two! A single 29g will run you at least several times that. You could buy them and then sell them for more than $10/each. By the way, does your friend know exactly how excellent this deal is? I assume he needs to unload them fast at that price. Those are priced to move.

yes, I'm sure he knows

 

[HeadlessRoland]

yes, I'm sure he knows

If he knows what they're actually worth at resale, then you're not taking advantage of him, so there's not much standing between you and two awesome tanks except for Andrew Jackson.

 

[Caleb]

If he knows what they're actually worth at resale, then you're not taking advantage of him, so there's not much standing between you and two awesome tanks except for Andrew Jackson.

That is true

 

[Frosty]

imho, I wouldn't sell it especially if it's not costing you money just sitting there.

Man you guys are killing me! You better snatch up both of those tanks Caleb! The wife doesn't care way one or another, but she does want a clam, I've got the light for it, honestly, I need an ro/di for water, I don't want to buy 125 gallon jugs of water from Walmart and I need some more sand... So close to done, or just getting started!

 

[Caleb]

Man you guys are killing me! You better snatch up both of those tanks Caleb! The wife doesn't care way one or another, but she does want a clam, I've got the light for it, honestly, I need an ro/di for water, I don't want to buy 125 gallon jugs of water from Walmart and I need some more sand... So close to done, or just getting started!

so you're keeping it now?

 

[Frosty]

so you're keeping it now?

Yeah hell, unless your buying it or Roland is plopping down 2 grand for it! I'm sure me and the boy will enjoy it when he gets older.

 

[Caleb]

Yeah hell, unless your buying it or Roland is plopping down 2 grand for it! I'm sure me and the boy will enjoy it when he gets older.

I'll pass...I'm browsing Craigslist, I see 125-150 gal tanks(inc. hood, stand, etc.) between $200 and $300...They are either long or tall, I rather have a shorter and deeper tank then skinner and long.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Yeah hell, unless your buying it or Roland is plopping down 2 grand for it! I'm sure me and the boy will enjoy it when he gets older.

Excellent. The elders will be pleased at the newest convert to the religion of fishkeeping.
I'm not ready to jump back into salt yet. Maybe one day. Right now everytime I think about it, I wince and instinctively reach for my phone and scroll to the 'Stop Payment' hotline for my bank. But I also remember how nice it was to watch them all swim around lazily, with the Foxface racing around like a track runner.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

I'll pass...I'm browsing Craigslist, I see 125-150 gal tanks(inc. hood, stand, etc.) between $200 and $300...They are either long or tall, I rather have a shorter and deeper tank then skinner and long.

Two converts. Yes, come to the Dark Side of the Force. We have skimmers and some of us have aragonite.

 

[Frosty]

I'll pass...I'm browsing Craigslist, I see 125-150 gal tanks(inc. hood, stand, etc.) between $200 and $300...They are either long or tall, I rather have a shorter and deeper tank then skinner and long.

Long is better than tall, it allows more room for oxygen exchange at the top of the tank.

 

[Frosty]

Two converts. Yes, come to the Dark Side of the Force. We have skimmers and some of us have aragonite.

I was converted a long time ago, I have 2 skimmers AND ​aragonite

 

[HeadlessRoland]

I was converted a long time ago, I have 2 skimmers AND ​aragonite

The Emperor of Fish is well-pleased with you.

 

[Caleb]

Long is better than tall, it allows more room for oxygen exchange at the top of the tank.

deeper as in "width"...in drafting class, we were told to never say width or we'll get laughed at.

If I built my tank, I'm thinking:

Using the following input parameters

Tank Length = 48 inches
Tank Width = 30 inches
Tank Height = 36 inches

Tank volume is calculated as

Tank Volume = 224.4 Gallons

 

[Frosty]

 

[Frosty]

deeper as in "width"...in drafting class, we were told to never say width or we'll get laughed at.

If I built my tank, I'm thinking:

Using the following input parameters

Tank Length = 48 inches
Tank Width = 30 inches
Tank Height = 36 inches

Tank volume is calculated as

Tank Volume = 224.4 Gallons

thats a big tank, but 36" tall is a reach if you need to get to the bottom to retrieve a dead fish or something.