SugaBit
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi everyone! Sorry if this is long... I currently have a 10 year old 46 gallon bow front (marineland) aquarium at my parents house (they have a wood frame house with hard wood floors, no subfloor) that I need to do something with...either keep it & move it to my new house (in another town) or buy a new tank. The 46 gallon concern I have is it's age & if it's leaking or not. Is it worth all the work & stress to move it & set it up in the new house? Or should I buy a new one & get rid of the old one? I dont know if it's actually leaking or not...for about a year or maybe longer, it has streaks of calcium/dried up water lines going down the side of the left, front, corner of the tank but I don't feel any actual water along the seams...I just see it & this sticky crusty calcium stuff which is also on my glass canopy top & all over my filter. At first I thought maybe it's just spitting water from the filter/leaking out the canopy or maybe a fish was splashing...I don't know. I'm scared to move it, set it up, and have it leak & have to drain it all over again...if it is even leaking that is.
I'd much rather buy a new aquarium, but my next concern is....I want & dream of a 75 gallon tank, BUT I live in a old wood frame house with hard wood floors. It's my boyfriends house so I'm not 100% sure where the joists are located, he would have to check for me. He doesn't have a subfloor, just the hardwood floor, like my parents. Would it be possible for me to have a 75 gallon tank? Or would it be too heavy for my type of house? At first I wanted a 55 gallon, but I don't like how narrow it is (12").
Next concern....I like the Marineland 75 gallon Ensemble from Petsmart & it is on sale....but the recent reviews I read are worrying me, some are saying their tanks are leaking. That sounds so scary to me, I don't want to get a big tank like this & have to return it because I live an hour or more from the nearest Petsmart & it would take both my dad & boyfriend to help pick it up & unload it.
Why do I have to want such a big tank Ughh, I can't help it, I just love fish & I've been having aquariums since I was 18. Sorry this is so long, I'm just not sure what to do?
I'd much rather buy a new aquarium, but my next concern is....I want & dream of a 75 gallon tank, BUT I live in a old wood frame house with hard wood floors. It's my boyfriends house so I'm not 100% sure where the joists are located, he would have to check for me. He doesn't have a subfloor, just the hardwood floor, like my parents. Would it be possible for me to have a 75 gallon tank? Or would it be too heavy for my type of house? At first I wanted a 55 gallon, but I don't like how narrow it is (12").
Next concern....I like the Marineland 75 gallon Ensemble from Petsmart & it is on sale....but the recent reviews I read are worrying me, some are saying their tanks are leaking. That sounds so scary to me, I don't want to get a big tank like this & have to return it because I live an hour or more from the nearest Petsmart & it would take both my dad & boyfriend to help pick it up & unload it.
Why do I have to want such a big tank Ughh, I can't help it, I just love fish & I've been having aquariums since I was 18. Sorry this is so long, I'm just not sure what to do?