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RE: 12" or 25" deep prop tank?

Anthony Calfo — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:30:35 GMT

fluorescents will not be effective or efficient on the deeper tanks. You need to reckon lighting options with species needs here, my friend.

RE: 12" or 25" deep prop tank?

95wave — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:14:12 GMT

I wound up getting a 50gal rubbermaid, taking it home today

I plan on building a stand for it to sit on. Another reason is my basement gets super cold in the winter and I figure I'll need about 10w/gal to keep the water heated...ouch on the electric bill when I expand and the system is a few hundred gallons.

RE: 12" or 25" deep prop tank?

Alti — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:01:42 GMT

The 100 gals can be a pain since they have to sit on the floor. Bending over to do maintenance is tough and siphoning the bottom is impossible. You can prop a 50 gal up on a stand or table at a comfortable working level. The corals will most likely end up in the top 6" of the tank so there really is no need for the deaper tank.

I have 2 sets of rubbemaid systems. Each has 4, 50 gal tanks connected to a 100 gal sump.

RE: 12" or 25" deep prop tank?

Umm_fish — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:14:59 GMT

If you get a 50gal. and need more volume for water quality, you're stuck. If you get a 100gal. and it's too deep you can build a shelf.

12" or 25" deep prop tank?

95wave — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:47:04 GMT

Deciding which rubbermaid stock tank to get for the expansion of my coral prop system. Between a 50 and a 100g. Both are the same except the 50g is 12" deep and the 100g is 25" deep.

I don't really know that I would need the tank to be 25" deep... maily will have SPS's and can always move less light demanding corals to the outsides of the tank where they would get less light.

What do you think, is the extra 50g worth it? Need more heaters(tank in basement) bigger skimmer etc... but more water volume.