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I'm just starting off, so "newbie" . I have 2 tanks, well more like kits at the store I've been looking at, they come with the tank and other parts of the aquarium I won't need to buy seperately. Ones a 10 gallon and the other one is a 29 gallon. I thought the 10 gallon would be a nice size one to start out with, someone told me that 29 gallon probably would be better. He told me that it would be easier to clean and take care off. So which one do you guys think would be the better choice? I've been doing some research on some of the fish i would like to get and already chose some of the decorations for the tank. As for setting it up, what do you think I should do and how to go about it? Can anyone lend a hand to a rookie? :)
 
Normally the larger the tank the easier it is to take care of. I would go with the largest you can afford. Not only is maintenance easier but your options for the types of fish you can have are much more the larger your tank is.
 
larger tanks are easier because keeping the water parameters at the desired level is easier than in a smaller tank. also, you can get more fish so will be less likely to bew tempted to overstock

as reignman said, go with the largest you can afford
 
I also agree go larger. I started with a 10 gal. and any little change in the water was a big change and had to be delt with yesterday. Also you will most likely want to upgrade in a short period of time and end up spending more money for a larger tank when you could have only spent the money once. As the saying goes the solution to polution is dilution, well that goes for fish also, fish will polute your water with waste and the more water you have the less of an effect there will be on the enviroment. That is not saying you will not have upkeep, but the changes to the water peramaters are slower and more manageable.
 
Make life easy... go big and understock with fish and use plants. I went straight to a 75 gallon and plenty of filtration and kept the stock down. It is a pure joy.


RUSH2112
 
My wife came home one day with a 10 gal tank, UG filter, air pump, some gravel and a fake plant. Well, I have since bought a power filter, bigger air pump, live plants, air distribution, bubbler, test kit, hood, lights, and a heater. Fish and other stuff.

She was thinking spend a few bucks and let the kids have some fish. She remembers when she was young you did not have to do anything with them.
-Sounds like I am complaining, but I am not- My point is I spent more after the initial setup she bought because I had to do it right. I could have gotten a 55gal full setup from my LFS for the same or less than she and I spent already. Oh, this is my point... Buy the biggest you have room for and can afford. It becomes an addiction so that probably will not be your last.

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I'm a beginner... and my first tank is a 70gallon... well, I guess my first tank was the 5gallon I have that I had bought two goldfish for.....

After I got them, I had big dreams about upgrading massivly... so when I had the cash I bought myself a 70gallon... did alot of research, bought everything I needed.... took me afew weeks to be able to get it all... but I had a summer job, so all my cash I was making was simply all just pocket money... took me about a month to get everything... set it up, and put my goldfish in the 70gallon... they loved it... but I only put them in there until I found a new home for them... and I did.. and now I have abunch of tropical fish... :p:

I love having a 70gallon... lol and someday I'd like to go bigger... maybe 150 gallons! hehe... even tho my tank now can be a pain.. I love it alot!.... but, the whole set up as costs me about $2000!!!! That includes all the fish, and everything I've needed up to this point...
 
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