brianwestchest
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2012
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- 15
I'm new to the aquarium hobby. It's a long story. But, over the course of the last three months, I've acquired the 10 gallon and 40 gallon tanks in my profile. I got great deals on both (well one was free). Now, I'm thinking about setting up a tank in my office. The guy who sold me the 40 gallon setup has a 45 gallon long tank and a 29 gallon tank that he's willing to sell to me, too. Both include heater and filter. The 45 gallon long include a special high powered light for growing coral. I'm not going to be setting it up as a saltwater tank. But, I wouldn't mind being able to grow plants in it.
The 45 gallon long tank doesn't come with a stand and all the stands I've looked at that are 48" long are pretty expensive. Plus, I'd really prefer a shorter tank because I'll have to rearrange my office to put that long of a tank in here. But, I've realized that I want a large tank because the limits of how many fish I can put in a smaller one. I want to have a community tank with several different types of fish- bottom feeders, mid-level dwellers and it'd be cool if I could breed fish, too.
What I'm trying to figure out is if I'll be happy with the 29 gallon tank which I can get for about 1/3 the price of the 45 gallon (neither comes with a stand). The stand would be a lot cheaper, too.
The 45 gallon long tank doesn't come with a stand and all the stands I've looked at that are 48" long are pretty expensive. Plus, I'd really prefer a shorter tank because I'll have to rearrange my office to put that long of a tank in here. But, I've realized that I want a large tank because the limits of how many fish I can put in a smaller one. I want to have a community tank with several different types of fish- bottom feeders, mid-level dwellers and it'd be cool if I could breed fish, too.
What I'm trying to figure out is if I'll be happy with the 29 gallon tank which I can get for about 1/3 the price of the 45 gallon (neither comes with a stand). The stand would be a lot cheaper, too.