need advice please

[Lourdes]

Just noticed my 75 is leaking pretty good in the back so I need to make a decision now transfer to a 90 gall and have a choice of not being able to touch the inside since it will be 6'feet tall and I am 5'4'' I can barely reach now or to a 75 with oak trim not black tommorow is goin to suck

 

[Moe_K]

Why is the color of the trim a big issue?

 

[Lourdes]

this is a show tank to me it .... wouldn't be a issue to you ?

 

[Moe_K]

no, oak or black are no biggie to me.
but if it matters to you, then that's a concern, obviously.
hmm the 90 sounds tough. i can definitely see the problem of not reaching very deep into the tank.
anyone have a suggestion?
i think it's a matter of picking which bothers you more: oak trim or not being able to reach to the bottom.
i wish you luck with the move. sounds like a huge PITA.

 

[Kim]

Isn't there something you could put over the oak trim to make it black?

 

[Ray]

I would go with the bigger tank and get help reaching the bottom if I needed it.

 

[wrassefan]

I've seen alot of members tanks that can't reach the bottom of their tanks without using a chair or step ladder. Go biggest you can deal with.

 

[Groove]

Go with the 90 and buy a step stool.

 

[NeO]

I've seen alot of members tanks that can't reach the bottom of their tanks without using a chair or step ladder. Go biggest you can deal with.

I'm one off those, if I need to do something on the bottom of the tank, I need a step ladder, and I'm 6'1"

Anyway, go bigger if you can.

Gustavo

 

[Rick and Sandy]

Our 110G Upright Tank is 48" tall. Sitting on it's 36" stand, it's too high for us to reach the bottom without using a chair/step stool. We quickly adapted and it's no longer a bother.

I made a special 'scraping tool' consisting of a piece of 3/4" PVC with a thin slot cut into it for a razor blade. We use it to scrape the bottom 3-4" of the glass (above the DSB) when necessary.

Go for the bigger tank with the asthetics you prefer.

 

[Antimony1019]

I hear you on the trim, if I had a black stand I would cringe at the thought of putting a oak trimmed tank on it unless there was a way I could put something over it to make it black, but even that would not leave me feeling very good about it because cover up jobs never look as good. I would definately go with the 90. I can't reach the bottom of my 92g but I stand on a chair and it works very well

 

[Lourdes]

well my dad just left and we figured out that the hang on skimmer was leaking and the water trickeled through the seams and that was my leak thank god !

 

[Lourdes]

Stephanie, I am also about presentation, no ghetto tank here !!! (besides the junked skimmer) yes Oceanic does make trim pieces but I'm a picky B****!

 

[Ifferfish]

Nothing wrong with being picky, or demanding as long as you do it in a "nice" way!!! Congrads on it just being the skimmer!!!

 

[Ray]

Are you kidding me, if my wife said I could get a bigger tank but it had to be pokka dot with my wood stand I would do it I would not even cover it up......hell with it I would paint my stand and canopy to match

 

[Lourdes]

Ray your to funny!!

 

[mikrok]

I second the polka dots...