ejaustin Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 I've found a house and agreed with the seller on a price, so barring foundation problems or funding problems (neither expected), I'll have a home for the human folk of the household. I plan on getting a 3' x 4' x 25" tank to feature jawfish, but I need to figure out what to do for Joey. He's my neon velvet damsel fish. I know he's destined to become a fairly big fish and crotchety on top of that. So how big a tank will he need when he's grown and who could live with his temperament? I need to start planning its location, now that I know what floorplan I'll be working with. ej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 EJ, Take whatever size tank you think you want now and multiply the gallons by 2 (or more depending on your reef addiction). You'll want that eventually so just get it first. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Good advice. I went from a 29 to a 55 to a 125 all in about 4 months. It would have been much cheaper and easier if I had started with the 125. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejaustin Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 Well, I think I'm going to go the multiple-tank route. I really like jawfish, but I know that Joey won't be a good tankmate for them. So I plan on getting a long-term home for Joey and then setting up the jawfish tank. From the time I put the jawfish tank in, I expect it will be 6 to 9 months before I'm ready to look for the jawfish themselves. I don't have any corals at this point. I have a few zoas that came on an overflow box I got from Robert, but everything else is pretty basic, low-maintenance kinds of critters. So I'll have at least 3 tanks: the current 29 gallon, the damsel tank, and the jawfish tank. So I'm trying to figure out the footprint of the damsel tank so I can think about placement and plumbing and that kinda stuff. It's much more calming to think about the tanks than to dwell on the terrors of buying my first house.! ej PS Andrew, can we tell the spell checker that jawfish and tankmate are perfectly good words? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 PS Andrew, can we tell the spell checker that jawfish and tankmate are perfectly good words? nope, just have to live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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