Quote Originally Posted by MissterDog View Post
I'm confused here, but, by the time your female is big enough for a 40 gal wouldnt it make more sense to buy another 40 gal (or other appropriate size) instead of switching Geno back to a 20 gal? Granted this depends on their individual growth rate but by then wouldn't Geno have outgrown a 20 gal?
Well, I was thinking before I got Geno I needed a 40 gal. But I read males will be OK in a 20 gal because
  1. They generally stay smaller
  2. BPs arent too active anyway

And I made a thread about this before I got him and as quoted by craigafrechette: "A 20 gallon would be fine for a while, and probably forever with a male, but I prefer 40 gallon breeder tanks". So I just assumed it was ok? The 20 gallon was ALOT cheaper than a 40 gal. When I got May the 40 gallons were on sale and I just went ahead. I knew she'd probably need the 40 gallon her whole life. I can probably eventually get a 40 gallon for them both, I'll just have to save up So in the mean time, I guess I'll switch their thanks to were Geno's in the 40 and May in the 20. Then all I'll do is switch May to a 40 gallon when she gets bigger so they both have 40 gallons... does that make sense? But thats a great point thanks