OK, here's my story. I bought a LTA in July 2004 and put it in my 12gal nano cube. I was a newbie.. Actually the LTA did very well. In fact I eventually had to purchase a larger tank cuz when it was extended, it took up 1/2 the tank. In May 2005 I bought the larger tank. I still have the LTA and it lives very well in my 90 gal. It took my clown about 7 1/2 months to host.