Is 450 gallons too big

[fishdude14]

I've starting building a 450 gallon tank out of acryllic. Is that too big? It sure is gonna be alot of fun when i'm done though.

 

[reefnut]

I there a such of a thing as "to big" :notsure:

 

[who dey]

Bigger is better. i'd love to have a 1,000,000,000 gallon in my living room but i don't think it would fit:happy:

 

[fishdude14]

It's going in my living room wall. I hope it turns out good. Live rock is gonna cost a lot.

 

[who dey]

yeah, i'd say about 450-480lbs should do it. wooooweeee$$$$$$

but :joy:

 

[fishdude14]

I'm gonna get ucured rock. My friend told me a trick.

 

[psufan43]

as long as you have time to maintain a big tank, and able to afford, it and room, i say bigger the better. just because there are fewer limitations to what you can and cant do with it.

 

[exile415]

Bigger the Better :joy:

 

[asdf]

thats gonna be super I mean super expensive

 

[blemmy_guy]

Originally posted by FishDude14
I'm gonna get ucured rock. My friend told me a trick.
Whats the trick??????????
todd

 

[jc74]

How did you learn to build such a huge tank? Are you sure it won't leak or collapse? Can you go through the necessary steps? That is a lot of weight and a lot of pressure to bring into your home.
I'd like to build my own too since tanks of that size are really expensive and usually have to be special ordered.

 

[knots]

Yea I'd like to know how you're building it to. What are the measurements and how thick is the acryllic.
And I agree bigger is better as long as you have the time and can afford it.

 

[guineawhop]

theres never such thing as too big, what you got to ask yourself is can i afford to keep this big of a tank and stock it

 

[texasex]

Okay . . . 450 gallons?! Now you are just showing off!
(Just the green eyed monster of jealousy talking!)

 

[bergamer]

:scared: electric bill
:scared: buying all the lighting
:scared: :scared: cleaning the acrylic
:notsure: I assume go swimming in the tank to clean

 

[fishdude14]

I'm gonna fill a few trash cans with water and connect them all with a lot of flow going through it. The tank is about 8 feet long and 3 feet tall. The acrylic is an inch thick. Sometimes at work I have to build air tight containers for testing. They make special pads for cleaning, but i don't know how i'm gonna reach.

 

[knots]

If you can post some pictures every once in awhile so we can see how the project progresses.

 

[harlequin]

What kind of tank? Fish only or reef? Huge difference in cost in a tank that big. I only wish I could get a tank that sized although I would hate to see either of the tank's electric bills.

 

[jc74]

Originally posted by Harlequin
What kind of tank? Fish only or reef? Huge difference in cost in a tank that big. I only wish I could get a tank that sized although I would hate to see either of the tank's electric bills.
I saw a jump in my electric bill just going from 75 to 150g.
The more I think about it, I wouldn't want a tank over 150 gallons. That's already pushing my responsibility limit. I couldn't imagine doing an emergency water change on a tank over 400 gallons. I guess it would be good if you have the time and resources to take care of it (and the floor to support it). I'd imagine a tank that big would require a concrete foundation.

 

[irishsalt]

I love Rhetorical questions.....
Is the Ocean to big eeeerr more big enough?hehe
My dream tank is 300-500 in wall. Bigger is always better IME insalt water. The intial setup costs on HUGE tanks can range from high-insane but in the long run it's awesome.
I've got buds in Miami that run 2800(or so) shark tanks. I wouldn't mind that size tank, as long as I could plumb the outta the ocean.