Elos or Cadlight?

[ouling]

I'm thinking about getting a new tank. My thoughts are ambiguous between a Cadlight 50G or an Elos mini (20G).

Therefore I came to seek the help of the experts here

Both tanks are all in one and I would just need to get a decent lamp and a MP10 wavemaker.

Cadlight:

Pro: Bigger tank and sump
Can keep all sorts of fish
Refugium

Cons: Bigger, more work, more effort and makes my corals seems smaller, which in turn requires me to go out and buy more corals with the time I don't have.

Quality appears to be a bit inferior compared to Elos


ELOS:

Pros: It's small enough where I can manage everything, and I don't need a lot of livestock to make it look gangsta rezeal (coined by Hot 107.9 radio program).

Easier water change

High quality

Cons: Too small, increase instability and can't have awesome fish like tangs and stuff.


Additional info on the buyer:

I'm really lazy when it comes to fish maintenance, I am willing to spend 1 hour a week at maximum. I also want my aquarium to look clean and ubermodern (as decoration rather than an hobby), without the 54287528437 lines of power cords coming out everywhere, and I don't want my life and home to be consumed by buckets and chemicals.

Which would you choose?

Thanks

 

[heathlindner25]

an hour a week maximum? that's funny...lol but bigger is always better.

 

[atlweb]

Elos tanks are definitely wayyyy better made (I have owned both). The stand on the cadlights are horrible- you have to do a lot to make it sturdy. You certainly lose out on some nice size though (more fish / better fish selection for a 50g). I am actually selling an elos 70 for the price of a cadlights 50g if you are interested. That would be the best of both worlds

 

[slickwill613]

I have read way too many horror stories about cadlights to ever consider them for anything I need.