Define what is a 'huge', 'big' or 'massive' tank

[Morcs]

Just a random question as the title says.

I ask as I have lots of customers, who when I ask what size tank they have, in relation to the fish they are looking at purchasing, then respond with 'big', 'massive' or 'huge', and upon further enquiry they are talking about a mere 2ft or 3ft. Its quite funny.

I class my 4x2x2 as the very bottom end of the 'large' scale. Im not talking about the 6000000L aquariums either.

What do you guys think?

[Ira]

I'd put 4X2X2 towards the bottom of large too. Then somewhere around 6X2X2 around the top.

[darkfur]

I reckon it's not huge by FNZAS standards unless it takes a team of burly men to lift it

[phoenix44]

welcome to my world morcs. :lol:

The amount of people that tell me they have massive tanks only for me to keep pestering them to find out that the tank is about 40L :lol: ...

it drives me mental. then they get upset when you refuse to sell them a fish for a tank that is too small. :lol:

[si_sphinx]

I would say 4x2x2 would be a small big tank :lol: and up to 8-10ft being huge or really long.

[livingart]

4x2x2 is small

seriously to your average fish keeper i would class

a 4 foot as a big tank,

6 foot plus as huge

8 foot plus as massive

[Morcs]

4x2x2 is small

seriously to your average fish keeper i would class

a 4 foot as a big tank,

6 foot plus as huge

8 foot plus as massive

Thats exactly what I was going to put! except i thought it would end up being a discussion between the definitions of huge and massive! :lol:

[Zev]

Now... all you have to do is educate the majority of people who sell tanks on TradeMe your definitions

I always look skeptically at 'HUGE FISHTANK' listings, and it almost makes you wince when you click on the link to see how 'big' it is. :roll:

[livingart]

Now... all you have to do is educate the majority of people who sell tanks on TradeMe your definitions

I always look skeptically at 'HUGE FISHTANK' listings, and it almost makes you wince when you click on the link to see how 'big' it is. :roll:

that would be a mission Zev

probably find most of those listings are done by males

i have people come in and say they have a massive fish tank

they walk in the fishroom and see the 2.4s and say now they are massive tanks

there are a few expletives when they see the aro tank

[smidey]

i see a 4 footer as an average size, 6 footer is large & a 8 footer is massive in my books.

[SamH]

I call my 2ft cube my "big" tank because it's the biggest tank I've ever had, but I wouldn't describe it as huge or massive.

It's not always about the tank (except when stocking big fish), it's about how you use it. Many times I've seen nano tanks that look heaps better than monster tanks.

IMO:

-Less than 50L is nano

-50L-150L is average

-150L-250L is medium

-250L-400L is big

-400L-1000L is huge

-1000L+ is massive

Exceptions to those of course 8)

[MarkLB]

I also think it's relative to how long you've been in the hobby. When I decided to get into fishkeeping I said to myself 'There's no point in starting with a small tank, might as well go big from the beginning'. That first 'big' tank was 100 litres :oops: It doesn't look so big anymore :lol:

[livingart]

size is always relative

[smidey]

I also think it's relative to how long you've been in the hobby. When I decided to get into fishkeeping I said to myself 'There's no point in starting with a small tank, might as well go big from the beginning'. That first 'big' tank was 100 litres :oops: It doesn't look so big anymore :lol:

that was your inexperienced big, your experienced big is quite different :lol:

[David R]

Length isn't everything, I'd consider evil_elmo's 6x3x2' tank much "bigger" than a standard 8x2x2.

As someone else said, its all relative, I get pissed off with people on trademe using things like "huge fish tank" for the description/title of a 2' tank, but then there's people on MFK who say "tank cleaning should require a wetsuit", who would look at my tanks as tiny...

[livingart]

"tank cleaning should require a wetsuit"

at least a mask and snorkel

[Navarre]

I would prefer, more is never enough

[firenzenz]

I look at forums where someone has six shell dwellers tangs in 400l and that is huge. Same forum had 900 gallon tank with 30 Big malawi piscivores and that is large.

L128's bred only once in captivity and that was a 10,000 ltr tank at berlin zoo so that was adequate.

two 25cm L25 Scarlets bred in a 2ft tank in Japan and that is a Jail.

I started with a huge 100ltr tank yet my 600l tank now is small.

[David R]

I started with a huge 100ltr tank yet my 600l tank now is small.

My first tank was about 70x30x30cm, and I remember looking at a friends 3'x15x15" and thinking how massive it was and dreaming of having a tank that big. And now I look at my 800L+ 6' and think its too small...

[livingart]

two 25cm L25 Scarlets bred in a 2ft tank in Japan and that is a Jail.

it is amazing when an animal wants to breed it will breed anywhere

tried to stop my lorrikeets from breeding so took out the nestbox

they dug a hole in the ground and raised chicks there

[lmsmith]

I call my 2ft cube my "big" tank because it's the biggest tank I've ever had, but I wouldn't describe it as huge or massive.

It's not always about the tank (except when stocking big fish), it's about how you use it. Many times I've seen nano tanks that look heaps better than monster tanks.

IMO:

-Less than 50L is nano

-50L-150L is average

-150L-250L is medium

-250L-400L is big

-400L-1000L is huge

-1000L+ is massive

Exceptions to those of course 8)

I pretty much agree with this, but I think like David R said, a deeper tank is much 'bigger' than a longer tank. I used to think my 5' tank would be huge, but now it's too small