zoot wants to go bigger

[ZOOT098]

need some advice

i have a shot at two tanks

1- 180 gallon dual corner overflows $300.00
2- 265 gallon oceanic with dual corner overflows 450.00

do either sound like a good deal?
they are both used but local

this would also be a very slow build

[messiah023]

If you have room for the 265, go for it.

Remember to evaluate your budget though.
For a 265, you jump into the 84" realm and everything gets WAY MORE EXPENSIVE.
You will need bigger lights (probably with heavy duty individual reflectors) bigger skimmer, bigger pumps, lots more sand and rock, etc.

Make sure you do your cost analysis before jumping into an 84" tank.

Let us know what happens!!!

[ZOOT098]

i know
thats why i said it would be a slow build
i could see it easily being a year until the tank was up and running

[daugherty]

i would do the 265

[hoopsdaddy]

Space, time, and money. How much of each do you have? Also, if you are addicted to reefing then you will kick yourself if you don't go with the biggest tank you can possibly get. Either sounds like a good price. You will never get a deal as good as Biffs. Are stands, pump, or equipment included in either deal. And always, always, always haggle! If they have them out and have them on sale they want to get rid of them. Offer 250 for the 180 and 375 for the 265. They can only say no. Let us know how it turns out.

[stagofdoom]

the bigger the better. check your budget for the next year and calculate how much it would be with everything and then decide. Make sure your posative you want to go with that size before you do it.

[Alexander]

265 ! They both sound great. But swoop up the larger of the 2 and save money like crazy for equipment!

[ZOOT098]

neither has equipment
tanks only

stand and canopy i would build myself and just keep shopping for the equipment and snatch it as i find it, realizing some things would have to bought new

the 265 is probably the better deal, as anew one costs around $1800, so i think even if you got it for 600 it would be a good deal...

i think the biggest thing will be time

all of a sudden a 10 gallon water change would be a 26 gallon water change...etc.

[hoopsdaddy]

That is just one trash can full. Oh wait you were talking about the price of salt... Yup, it all gets more expensive. I know I just went from a 75 to a 165 w/50g sump. Cost was more than what I expected and I had a bunch of the stuff I would need to get started. If you can be patient and just start stocking up on supplies and building your own stand then absolutely go for the 265!!!

[RyanG]

Which one is glass if any? If the 265 is glass go that route, as well as if they are both acrylic. They are both good prices the only way I would get the 180 over the 265 is if it were glass and the bigger was acrylic.