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Originally Posted by new2reef
Right now the only limiting factor is our first child is due in a few days. I have room for up to maybe 250g but would still like it to be manageable for one person.
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Well, what's manageable is a matter of opinion. Some people can manage 400g on their own. Some people can hardly manage 90g LOL.
I would start by imagining what your maintenance schedule will be like. Consider things like:
1. How much water would you need to change for the new tank. The larger the tank, the more volume presumably. The more volume, the more salt, the more salt, the more money and time.
2. What if any nutrient export method would you like to employ?
3. What kind of reactors would you like to run for what kind of media? GFO, Carbon, BioPellets, Calcium? Media needs changing periodically.
4. you will need to clean the tank's glass. The more surface area the more cleaning.
All of the above does not account for the time it'll take to set the darn thing up of course. The larger the system the more complex it will likely be in terms of lighting, flow, plumbing, etc.
Again, what's considered "manageable" is all quite relative.