Am i stupid.....or responsible?

Sounds like a great, mature well thought out plan. Lots of great advise in the responses as well.

 

I have a 90gal. reef and a 24 nano reef. I spend more time working on the nano then I do the 90. I have since become a nano hater.

 

I've never owned a nano, but it seems to me that it may be more difficult due to its size to keep parameters well in check. A larger tank at least allows for more wiggle room, and less time spent, if the necessary things are automated correctly, such as ATO, calcium/alk supplements, etc. I find that if left alone, reef tanks can flourish... it's our desire to constantly tweak things that can send them outta wack.

Then again, many years ago, before I owned my current tank, I had a sump-less 55 gallon that I tried to keep a reef in, and it didn't work out so well, and it was a constant battle, so if that is your situation, I can understand wanting to throw in the towel.

FWIW, my reasoning is that having a tank means I'm spending more time at home, but less time watching TV.

 

This kind of defeated the purpose of me going nano, but I have a lot if diversity. Now instead of one large system I have three small ones LOL. This thread has made me see the errors of my ways

 

Thanks for all the ideas.
My 90 is currently doing pretty good. No issues really. I have a ato so some stuff is kinda easy.
More or less I'm sick of cleaning the glass, skimmer cleaning. I have always wanted to build a nano.
My 90 is more or less my first tank so there are corals that I just bought cuz I could. So most are average at best.

Now that I know more I was hoping to build a 10g. 4t5 fixture, ato, hob filter. I would have minimal rock inside for a unique aquascape. And I really wanna try to put a shadow box behind it for depth.
And this tank I would put nice corals. Higher end ones once I got it stabalized. I would have mayyyybe one fish so I wouldn't really worry about high nitrates or anything. Just clean the glass and do a 1 or 2 gallon water change every Thursday when my daughter stays at her aunts for the night.

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Sounds like you have a good plan there DBOSHIBBY. I also, had a nano before I built my larger, current system. I spent a lot moe time each week keeping up with my nano. I like the larger system A LOT more. You gotta do what ya gotta do though! Good luck to you sir.

 

LOL that is an awesome set up!

 

I am someone with similar time constraints with a 90 Gallon but I don't feel like it is that time consuming. I get by fine with a 20 gallon water change once a month that takes an hour. My refugium, ATO, and Skimmer help all of that. I don't dose probably because I am light on corals, and don't have any filter media to worry about. I use a magnetic glass cleaner that takes less than 5 minutes to run over the glass. It seems to me like the set-up and establishing of the tank is when it is more time consuming which is what you will have by setting up a new tank. I like to play with/change things in the tank from time to time which is a nice distraction from everything else.

 

Well all of the advice given is great.
Did some more thinking the last few days and I decided I will be starting a nano and taking the 90 down.
Made my first trade last night 4 chunks of rock and my hollywood stunner chalice for a older model mp10.
This 10 I'm gunna build should be pretty cool.
Build thread coming soon!!

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