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	How often do you "upgrade" your tank?
fishygirl68 Hobbyist Posts: 97 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Jul-2004	I have only been doing this for about 4 months, and started out with a 10 gallon, I now have a 27 gallon, 29 gallon, and I'm always on the lookout for bigger tanks! The problem is it's alot of work to dismantle and set up new tanks, then you have to let them cycle, etc. Is this going to be an ongoing problem with this hobby, the need for a bigger tank??? Where will the insanity end!!!???
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004	The insanity will only end when you actually want it to end. If you get the right fish for the first tank you buy, then there really is no need to upgrade. Unless you want to!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	I wouldn't consider needing a larger tank a "problem"... I think it's great! I started with a twenty gallon, now I have a twenty-nine gallon! Nine more gallons and tons more experience to work with! And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Silverlight Enthusiast Posts: 212 Kudos: 396 Votes: 43 Registered: 04-Jul-2004	You dismantle them and set them up again? You don't add on to your collection? Actually, here's a better question. Why are you letting these new tanks go through the cycling process? You could make the upgrade a lot easier if you took the old filter from the previous tank and ran it in the new tank at the same time as the new filter. You'd have a ready supply of bacteria and at the same time you'd have a good amount of biofiltration already in place.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
princessinabsentia Hobbyist Posts: 135 Kudos: 81 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Aug-2004	lol i've only had my 55 for about 2 months and i'm already looking for a 120 lol its addictive me
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Bellydancer Fingerling Posts: 31 Kudos: 21 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-Sep-2004	I agree with princessinabsentia, I started out with a 1 gallon for my betta, then I bought a 5 gallon for new fish, then upgraded them to a 10 gallon, and now I have a 33 gallon, and 2 1 gallons. I really want a bigger one, but right now I have neither the space or the money.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
mariosim Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 245 Votes: 20 Registered: 28-Jul-2004	nothing beats a 6' long wall of pond running half the length of your living room. the true insanity becomes apparent when you realize you have spent several hundred bucks to house fish that cost almost nothing.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	I started with a 10, upgraded to a 20 the next week, got a 29g a year later, and im getting a 180g this month.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53


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