Thinking about an upgrade 30g cube -> 60g or 93g Cube

cleverbs · 10/04/2016, 08:55 AM

Just getting back into SW after taking a needed break from it. Set my 220g up as freshwater and I love it. But I miss having a reef. I have a 30g rimless "Cube" 24x24x12 and while I love the tank its so shallow having SPS will be difficult and I LOVE sps. So I feel that I have some choices to make and I am looking for some help deciding.

Option #1: Just dont do SPS and enjoy a low maintenance 30g tank with LPS/Zoas

Option #2: Start the tank and grow out some SPS and when they get to big for the tank upgrade then.

Option #3: Upgrade to a 60g Will be the same footprint just higher so I wouldnt need to change anything at all other then just putting the new tank on the stand and maybe a little bit of plumbing.

Option #4: Sometime this winter upgrade to a 93g Cube. The 93g is a tank I have thought about for a really long time and wanted badly. I just love the size/shape. I could build a new stand and get a new light. Skimmer, return, and everything else would work just fine in the 93g and I could probably sell my existing tank/light to pay for a ATI fixture.

vhuang168 · 10/04/2016, 09:07 AM

Option #4. If it is feasible financially, you'll end up doing it anyway. Why setup up a tank now only to tear it down in a few months. Get what you want the 1st time out!

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cleverbs · 10/04/2016, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vhuang168

Option #4. If it is feasible financially, you'll end up doing it anyway. Why setup up a tank now only to tear it down in a few months. Get what you want the 1st time out!

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Well the tank is already set up. I had it tied into my 220g before so I just changed a couple things and its running now. I got equipment that would be to large for it knowing I would probably upgrade some time. like my skimmer is rated for a 150G and my Return is probably 4x what I really need but I just dial it back. I also want to get some corals growing so even if I use this 30g as a "Frag" tank for now thats fine I just want to frags grown out before I upgrade. I might as well start with that now because it will be 6 months at least before I start an upgrade if i do so. Promised the wife I would pain the house so thats going to need to be done before I can start this and that will take a long time...

10/04/2016, 08:55 AM	#1
cleverbs Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,041	Thinking about an upgrade 30g cube -> 60g or 93g Cube Just getting back into SW after taking a needed break from it. Set my 220g up as freshwater and I love it. But I miss having a reef. I have a 30g rimless "Cube" 24x24x12 and while I love the tank its so shallow having SPS will be difficult and I LOVE sps. So I feel that I have some choices to make and I am looking for some help deciding. Option #1: Just dont do SPS and enjoy a low maintenance 30g tank with LPS/Zoas Option #2: Start the tank and grow out some SPS and when they get to big for the tank upgrade then. Option #3: Upgrade to a 60g Will be the same footprint just higher so I wouldnt need to change anything at all other then just putting the new tank on the stand and maybe a little bit of plumbing. Option #4: Sometime this winter upgrade to a 93g Cube. The 93g is a tank I have thought about for a really long time and wanted badly. I just love the size/shape. I could build a new stand and get a new light. Skimmer, return, and everything else would work just fine in the 93g and I could probably sell my existing tank/light to pay for a ATI fixture. Last edited by cleverbs; 10/04/2016 at 09:10 AM.

10/04/2016, 09:07 AM	#2
vhuang168 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,136	Option #4. If it is feasible financially, you'll end up doing it anyway. Why setup up a tank now only to tear it down in a few months. Get what you want the 1st time out! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Vincent 40g custom AIO --> DSA190Pro