Feeling cramped in a 55

[loaches r cool]

For all you peeps getting wet, do your planting and cleaning during a water change when the water is 1/3 to 1/2 down. Whew! You people scare me.

A lot of the bigger tanks that have this problem also use sumps and also do wc out of the sump so the tank level will not drop. I guess thats a small negitive aspect of sump filtration. Ill be in this boat for both my tanks I'm switching to now... wet armpits here I come!

For the OP I'd go as large as you can afford keeping in mind the extra costs of the larger tanks. But a 75 work great for plants.