Sooo.... as many know I was planning to get a brand new 55 gal tank. One more paycheck and its mine. Thing is, a friend of mine has an uncle who had a 100 gallon tank with a wrought iron stand that he would either sell or just give me. Now I am more for wooden stands, but I am not one to complain. I could build a wood frame around the iron and 100 gallons would hold almost twice as many fish... I could do more with it and I have always heard you should get the biggest tank you can afford.
Should I:
Get the 55 gal. Its new so there is no risk of it being contaminated.
OR
Get the 100 gal. even though I have no idea what kind of fish it was previously used for.
And if option 2, how would I go about cleaning the tank? I know to throw out the filter media, gravel, and all decorations. Someone suggested to me that I clean everything with bleach, but I would be too worried that I wouldn't rinse all the bleach off and that would be disasterous for the fish.
Thanks in advance
Should I:
Get the 55 gal. Its new so there is no risk of it being contaminated.
OR
Get the 100 gal. even though I have no idea what kind of fish it was previously used for.
And if option 2, how would I go about cleaning the tank? I know to throw out the filter media, gravel, and all decorations. Someone suggested to me that I clean everything with bleach, but I would be too worried that I wouldn't rinse all the bleach off and that would be disasterous for the fish.
Thanks in advance