New house, new tank...

So my wife and I are working on buying a house within the year. And with the new house I want to upgrade from the 55g. So I want to either go rimless or a zero edge around 90-100 gallons. I have not heard much feedback on the zero edge... Any owners out there? Thoughts?

 

i would go bigger. 125 is a good size because with the 6ft length you can keep alot cooler fish than a 90. honestly i wish I had a 210 because then i coule keep pretty much anything within reason.

 

cool, cool, it's always exciting to plan for a bigger tank! Well I started with a 55g and than moved up to my 70g cube.

When I was in the planning stages I had my heart set on a rimless and was looking at the Zero Edge tanks. What I found was that the ZE are supppper expensive and the filtration system can be a pita. It looks amazing, yes, but in practical use I found way to many complaints about it. I will see if I can find some of the info/user opinions that swayed me away from it.

Rimless is also aesthetically beautiful but does have its own drawbacks to it. If I had gotten a rimless I wouldn't have been able to mount things like my ATO output, made the BRS mesh cover that fit inside the rim perfectly, etc.. I'm super happy I went with rimmed at the end of the day. It was a lot cheaper and I have found it suited my needs better.

Hope that helped give you a some things to ponder. Just remember all things to consider when going for a huge upgrade. I had to factor in having a baby around and not a lot of free time. I couldn't upgrade to a crazy giant tank as that meant a lot more time to make RO/DI for top-offs & water changes, keep things maintained, so my smaller upgrade was more practical for me. But if you can, bigger is always funnnnn def, best of luck in your planning!

 

Zero edge is awesome. Check out my thread. http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-off-your-fish-tanks/reef-setup-our-job-85912.html

 

Zero edges are nice, onestly I wold prolly search for a used one and save some cash. 125 gallons huh, hmmmm..... ;D

 

Will do!

 

from a 30g Zero Edge owner, one of the big cons was having fish jump and get sucked over the edge:

Bad :
- I've had 15 out of the 16 fish that died in this tank do so because of leaving the water and ending up "dried and died" on the floor. Self-jumpers are the biggest problem; firefish are the worst, IMO. Fish that are easily startled and chased up and out are a close second : the Evil Tomato Clownfish Mated Pair ( ECMP ) caused any number of fish to commit air-suicide, especially after the ECMP had spawned and were protecting their eggs. A distant third are fish that just get sucked out over the edge ( surface-fish like the Chinese Banded Bar Goby ), end up in the drain pan ( still OK, lots of water there ), but then they flail and jump about to get into more comfortable water, and end up joining the mummified reef squad. Non - fish creatures seem OK, even though urchins and snail-type critters frequently leave the inside of the tank and crawl to The Other Side (of the tank wall.)

just something to consider, since the filtration isn't your traditional and it goes over the edges, you can't really put any kind of top on it. That was a big factor for me going rimmed.

 

great feedback, thanks... looking into it I think a rimless will be the way to go...

 

I'd def get a 6' if I did it again! The fish options are so much better!

 

+1 to the comments above.

When bitten by the addiction you always want a bigger tank. Google up a page that lists aquarium dimensions and realistically a 90 isnt a whole lot bigger than a 55. I am in the same boat now with my 75, and want to go bigger. There have been a couple of fantastic deals locally on used 125, but for the little amount of size increase vs the time & money involved I dont see the payout for me.

The downside to me is a bigger tank wont happen while I am renting. Too scared of a catastropy. Long term of it is when I have a place to make upgrading a reality I am going bigger, and big enough to make it worth it, probably 240-300 range.