Go big or go home...right?

[bonedog]

Im a noob to the hobby. Got a 55g tank 2 weeks ago and want bigger. Im picking up a 210g tomorrow. I have a feeling its going to look bigger at home than it does at the store. Im so excited.

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[jonathan85365]

What's the tank for

 

[bonedog]

Cichlids

 

[bonedog]

Here it is. I put a cat in for perspective. Makes my 55g look tiny.

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[Plantaholic]

here it is. I put a cat in for perspective.

lmao![Moderator edit]

 

[bonedog]

lmao! [moderator edit]

Catfish!

 

[Plantaholic]

He looks pissed!!

 

[tylermakin]

Start filling it with water and see if it floats.

 

[MJSerik]

Catfish!

Wow. That was awful
Also, in two weeks you almost quadrupled your tank size. I'm impressed.

 

[tylermakin]

You will not regret the bigger tank boned of good for you

 

[90galWavefront]

Wow pretty impressive
You'll have to keep us all posted on the progress with lots of pictures.

 

[agrasyuk]

It will feel even bigger when you going to start filling it up . Spent lovely time last night hauling buckets filling my 125

Congrads , I guess I'm a tiny bit jealous .

 

[Illinois Rock]

haha Bigger is better!

 

[Krogman]

Righteous. I def wouldn't be able to complain about that tank, as long as I stopped using 1) 5 gallon bucket for water changes.

 

[MJSerik]

Get a really long hose

 

[GingerMinusSoul]

The best purchase I've ever made in my humble year of fish keeping was a python hose that attaches to the sink. You open a valve for siphoning water out and straight into the sink, and close it to reverse the flow to put fresh water into the tank. It's hard to temp match, so I use a thermometer to measure the temp of the water coming from the sink, but it does aerate the water coming out so chlorine isn't a big problem because it evaporates (I use water conditioner too, just in case). For big tanks like my 55 gal, I can't imagine hauling buckets!

 

[venymae]

+1 to the python. They are so worth it for big tanks! That's one good looking catfish too.

 

[Krogman]

Just added the python to my must acquire list

 

[jonathan85365]

I'm attempting to build an aquarium of 200 gallon but I don't know how much money it will cost

 

[90galWavefront]

That depends on how thrifty you are