thakki March 23, 2015 March 23, 2015 Just wanted to check with you guys on best places to buy a shallow reef ready tank. I have seen glasscages.com and seems to have very good options...are there any other places where we can order such shallow tanks? I am looking for a tank with 48x18x16 dimensions. I have seen a tank build of one of the members where he built entire tank by himself and it was shallow...it looked great. I might not go with this option as I have no experience working with glass...its just a thought. Also, what do you guys suggest on the material of the tank...glass...acrylic or starphire?
YHSublime March 23, 2015 March 23, 2015 Deep blue 80 gallon is close to those dimensions. Make sure you measure 16" high, it's not very tall at all. I was looking at this route, but when mapped out with PVC I found it was to shallow for my liking.
eddiev0008 March 23, 2015 March 23, 2015 (edited) Blue ribbion KOI has a deep BLUe 80 at the store if you want to look at one in person. Not sure if they are selling it or going to set it up for display. I went there last week and they had just got it. Still empty. Edited March 23, 2015 by eddiev0008
madweazl March 24, 2015 March 24, 2015 I think the 80g is fantastic and actually wish I would have gone this route instead of the 75 (48x18x21). If you end up going with an 18" wide "reef ready" tank, know that the overflows take up a lot of internal volume. I wanted the convenience of the overflows but just couldnt get over how much space I was losing.
thakki March 24, 2015 Author March 24, 2015 Thanks for all the responses. Most of you seems to like Deep Blue 80 gallon tank. Has anyone ordered tanks from glass cages.com?
JeffG93 March 24, 2015 March 24, 2015 I think the 80g is fantastic and actually wish I would have gone this route instead of the 75 (48x18x21). If you end up going with an 18" wide "reef ready" tank, know that the overflows take up a lot of internal volume. I wanted the convenience of the overflows but just couldnt get over how much space I was losing. I have the same 75. Great tank, but yeah, the overflow is huge. If I had to do it over again I would've gone 220
thakki March 24, 2015 Author March 24, 2015 I have the same 75. Great tank, but yeah, the overflow is huge. If I had to do it over again I would've gone 220 220 is huge...I am planning on putting it in my living room..and I dont think the main level will take that kind of load.
thakki March 24, 2015 Author March 24, 2015 Cant believe no one is commenting on glasscages.com...perhaps its not that famous...but it does have good options...can someone with good experience have a look at that website and provide me your feed back. Thanks.
YHSublime March 25, 2015 March 25, 2015 Glass cages had a bad rep for a while. I heard they are better now. I have no personal experience,. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
s2nhle March 25, 2015 March 25, 2015 I have 93g rimless cube by glass cages tank. It is very solid build. The quality imo is great.
thakki March 27, 2015 Author March 27, 2015 I have 93g rimless cube by glass cages tank. It is very solid build. The quality imo is great. Can you share pics? What are the dimensions? Did you buy the stand and sump too...they have lot of options right.
Big Country March 27, 2015 March 27, 2015 The glasscages stands that I have seen in the past looks pretty bad with their trim work, of course they may have gotten better with their woodwork
thakki March 29, 2015 Author March 29, 2015 How about RedSea Reefer series and CAD Lights Artisan II. I know they are expensive…just wanted to get your opinion on them too.
zygote2k March 29, 2015 March 29, 2015 Most tank manufacturers will cut down an existing tank model from the factory. Oceanic and AGA did this BITD.
GraffitiSpotCorals March 29, 2015 March 29, 2015 I got a rimless from glass cages 36" 24" by 19" high. The tank looks great with extra bracing at the bottom inside. But they wrapped it with stretched plastic to hold it together after gluing and didn't use any spacers to keep the plastic off the silicone so now I have two smudge spots on each corner... :( other than that the seems look good. No bubbles or imperfections. One thing I thought was weird was the glass on the sides doesn't sit on top of the bottom panel. They go down flush to the stand, maybe that's why its braced in the bottom. Basically an inside eurobrace on the bottom. I think the bad reviews were from large tanks they built a while ago that would blow out seams. I haven't read any on smaller tanks.
thakki March 29, 2015 Author March 29, 2015 (edited) Thanks. Did you buy the entire setup like sump and stand...and the tank with starphire glass? The stand didn't look that good...but they recommend it since you are looking to buy the sump too from them. Edited March 29, 2015 by thakki
GraffitiSpotCorals March 29, 2015 March 29, 2015 No I make my own stands and sumps. I wouldn't pay for one of their stands or canopy's.
YHSublime March 29, 2015 March 29, 2015 Il One thing I thought was weird was the glass on the sides doesn't sit on top of the bottom panel. They go down flush to the stand, maybe that's why its braced in the bottom. Basically an inside eurobrace on the bottom My 180 was like that from miracles. And euro braced at the top.
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